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Xenocharax crassus Pellegrin, 1900

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Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the middle Congo River basin (Ref. 114931) in the rivers Léfini (Ref. 114931), Alima (Ref. 52343, 114931), Likouala, Sangha and Likouala-aux-Herbes (Ref. 114931). Type locality of the holotype of Xenocharax crassus: 'Leketi (Alima moyen)' (Ref. 52343).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ibala Zamba, A., V. Mamonekene, E. Vreven and M.L.J. Stiassny, 2016
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Yelele, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Distichodontidae (Distichodus)
Etymology: Xenocharax: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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