Common name of Cyphomyrus lufirae
 
Common name Sengwa
Language Other
Dialect Sanga
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Congo (Kinshasa)
Locality
Ref. Mulelenu, C.M., B. Katemo Manda, E. Decru, A. Chocha Manda and E. Vreven, 2020
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks The name 'sengwa' in Sanga, a Bantu language, refers to the general morphology of the mormyrids of the genus Cyphomyrus as opposed to tjose from the genus Hippopotamyrus, which are called 'mbubu' (Ref. 122874).
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