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Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger, 1899

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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: Known from the lower Congo (Ref. 1877), middle Congo River (Ref. 1877, 1878, 41590), Lake Mai-Ndombe and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 42480). Report from the Lomami (Ref. 41590) unconfirmed in Ref. 106245; MRAC collection database places this Lomami report, as well as other specimens of the same collectore, in the village of Lomami on the Lomela River (Ruki drainage). Also Ref. 3203.
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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: Boulenger, G.A., 1899
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Common names from other countries

Peensoomus-ümarkoonkala, Rypoun mnohošupinatý, 多鳞锉口象鼻鱼, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Stomatorhinus: Greek, stoma = mouth + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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