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Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)

Zaire lampeye
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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the middle Congo River (Ref. 59344, 103403), Sankuru (Ref. 103403), Ruki, Mongala (Ref. 59344), Itimbiri (Ref. 59344, 103403), Aruwimi (Ref. 59344, 106290), Tshopo (Ref. 59344, 103403), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 103403, 106245) and Lualaba (Ref. 31267, 59344, 103403). Also Ref. 3788, 27139.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wildekamp, R.H., 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: Hypsopanchax: Greek, hypsi = high + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 .
  More on authors: Nichols & Griscom.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser benthopelagisch; pH range: 5.8 - 7.2; standorttreu.   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen |
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