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Parakneria vilhenae Poll, 1965

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Angola country information

Common names: Kasutunguna, Katonde, Lutemba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the southern Congo River basin (Ref. 120641) in the Luachimo (Kasai River tributary, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 11970, 89136). Also Ref. 44638.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poll, M., 1965
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Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gonorynchiformes (Milkfishes) > Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: vilhenae: Dedicated to M. De Vilhena, Administrator-Director of the Compagnie diamantaire angolaise (Diamang) in appreciation of his support for the faunistic study of Angola (Ref. 11970, 89136).
  More on author: Poll.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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