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Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905)

Slender stonebasher
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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported as Hippopotamyrus cf. ansorgii from the Inkisi (Ref. 120641). Possibly present, based on museum records from the rivers Inkisi (lower Congo) and Lufira (upper Lualaba)(Ref. 12818), but these need confirmation.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Skelton, P.H., 2019
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Heteromormyrus: Greek, heteros = other + Greek mormyros = a kind of fish similar to Boops sp. (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

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

; sötvatten bottenlevande.   Tropical; 11°S - 21°S

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