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Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)

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Congo (Kinshasa) 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 lower Congo basin (Ref. 42476), Pool Malebo (Ref. 41585), the middle Congo River (Ref. 42476), Uélé (Ref. 41594), Aruwimi (Ref. 41590, 106290) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 42480, 106245). Type-locality of the syntypes of Marcusenius wilverthi: 'Matadi et Upoto' (Ref. 42476). Also Ref. 1878, 41590, 41594, 42480.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poll, M. and J.P. Gosse, 1963
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology:   More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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