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Hylopanchax stictopleuron (Fowler, 1949)

Blue lampeye
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Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Alima and Likoula River drainages (Ref. 59344, 94189). Specimens identified as Hylopanchax stictopleuron from the upper Ivindo River (Ref. 59344) are probably a different species (Ref. 94189). Type locality of the holotype of Epiplatys stictopleuron: 'Oka, Congo basin' (Ref. 83895). Also Ref. 3788, 27139.
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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: van der Zee, J.R., R. Sonnenberg and U.K. Schliewen, 2013
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blauer Leuchtaugenfisch, Suomutähtisilmä, 胸斑雨鮰, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: Hylopanchax: Greek, hylo, hyle = material, wood + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 .
  More on author: Fowler.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: ? - 5; non-migratory.   Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

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