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Chiloglanis elisabethianus Boulenger, 1915

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the Lubumbashi River (Luapula drainage) (Ref. 45616) and the Lufira (Ref. 12818). Specimens from the Luvua River (Lualaba tributary) (Ref. 41590) not C. elisabethianus (Ref. 12818) (T. Musschoot, pers. comm.). Also Ref. 361, 3202, 78218.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Seegers, L., 2008
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Chiloglanidinae
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 8°S - 13°S

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