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Chelaethiops congicus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Widespread in the Congo basin, including the lower Congo (Ref. 42510), Pool Malebo (Ref. 44985), Kasai (Ref. 42034), Ubangi (Ref. 45441), Uele (Ref. 41594), Aruwimi (Ref. 41594, 106290), Itimbiri, Lindi-Tshopo (Ref. 106290), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245), lower Lukuga (Ref. 45485, 83760), Lake Upemba (Ref. 41590), Lufira (Ref. 2970) and Lake Mweru (Ref. 45616). Also Ref. 2801.
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: Nichols, J.T. and L. Griscom, 1917
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Neobola konžská, 康吉埃塞鱼, Kongo helkselg, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Danionidae (Danios) > Chedrinae
Etymology: Chelaethiops: Composed from Chela, a Bangladesh local for a fish + Aethiops, Ethiopia, African country.
  More on authors: Nichols & Griscom.

Issue
Species from Lake Tanganyika possibly different from the Congo basin species (Ref. 4967, referring to Howes 1983).

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

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