Microctenopoma ocellifer (Nichols, 1928)

Family:  Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Max. size:  4.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: confined to the Upemba Lake region of the (upper) Lualaba drainage in Democratic Republic of the Congo; not known north of the Gates of Hell rapids north of Ankoro nor further south than the Lake Upemba swamps (Ref. 26634).
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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