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Myomyrus pharao Poll & Taverne, 1967

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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 from the lower Congo rapids, including the Kinsuka rapids at the exit of Pool Malebo (Ref. 42520). Presence in the Aruwimi questionable (Ref. 106290). Also known from the Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245): paratype MRAC 2219 collected at Stanley Falls, not Stanley Pool as given in Ref. 42520, based on MRAC collection data (field numbers and collection dates)(T. Musschoot, pers. comm.). Probably absent from Pool Malebo: Ref. 42520 states that "specimens labeled as "Stanley Pool" and "Upper Congo" possibly collected in/near the rapids at the exit of Pool Malebo", but see above for Stanley Pool paratype (T. Musschoot, pers. comm.).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poll, M. and L. Taverne, 1967
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Common names from other countries

Rypoun farao, 法老鼠长颌鱼, Vaarao-hiirhammas, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Myomyrus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, myros -oy = the male of morey eel (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Poll & Taverne.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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