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Channallabes apus (Günther, 1873)

Eel catfish
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Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the Kouilou basin (Ref. 81644), including Lac Djembo (Ref. 58526) and the middle Congo River basin (Ref. 58526). Recorded from the Likouala, Likouala aux Herbes (Ref. 44840) and Léfini (Ref. 88782). Also Ref. 3820.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Devaere, S., D. Adriaens and W. Verraes, 2007
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) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Channallabes: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy + Greek, allabes, -etos = a fish of the Nile, a kind of lamprey (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

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

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 25.   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 3°N - 10°S

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