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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851

Marbled lungfish
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Uganda country information

Common names: Ehondwe, Emamba, Kambale mamba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Worthington, E.B., 1929
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Greenwood, P.H., 1966
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Lakes Victoria, Nabugabo, Albert, Edward and George, the Victoria and Albert Niles (Ref. 4903, Ref. 49805), also from Lake Kyoga (Ref. 34290). Also Ref. 4537, Ref. 36900, Ref. 39939, Ref. 49843.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/firi.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: van Oijen, M.J.P., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lung-fish, Lungfish, Etiopiankeuhkokala, ... more

分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Dipneusti > Ceratodontiformes (Australian lungfishes) 南美肺魚目 (Australian lungfishes) > Protopteridae (African lungfishes) 非洲肺魚科 (African lungfishes)
Etymology: Protopterus: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335);  aethiopicus: Named after Is. Mesmaekers, commander in Boma (Ref. 40587).
  More on author: Heckel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學

; 淡水 居於水底的; 深度上下限 0 - 60 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 34291).   熱帶; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 2059)

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