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Congo (Kinshasa) country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known only from the type locality on the Kalumengonga River (upper Lualaba tributary, upper Congo River basin)(Ref. 45434). Type locality of the holotype of Varicorhinus upembensis: 'above the falls on the Kalumengonga River, Upemba National Park, Shaba' (Ref. 45434).
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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Banister, K.E. and R.G. Bailey, 1979
National Database: