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Distichodus langi Nichols & Griscom, 1917

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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: Type locality of the holotype of Distichodus langi: 'Faradje, Congo basin' (Ref. 41594). Known from Uélé River (Ref. 7094, 41594, 96324). Also known from Aruwimi River (Ref. 96324), but this is unconfirmed (Ref. 106290).
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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: Moelants, T., V. Mbadu Zebe, J. Snoeks and E. Vreven, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Langi hammassalmler, 兰氏复齿脂鲤, 蘭氏複齒脂鯉, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Distichodontidae (Distichodus)
Etymology: Distichodus: Greek, di = two + Greek, stix, stichos = line, row (Ref. 45335);  langi: Named in honour of the collector, Herbert Lang (Ref. 41594), who collected fish in the Congo basin from 1909 to 1915 for the AMNH, in collaboration with James Chapin (Ref. 96324).
  More on authors: Nichols & Griscom.

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

Freshwater; pelagic.   Tropical

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