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Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906

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Tanzania country information

Common names: Gamba nioka
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: likely future use | Ref: Eccles, D.H., 1992
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Nearshore areas with rocky, sandy or muddy bottom. Very secretive, hiding between rocks or in the sediments.Difficult to net, but they can be taken with a small hook (Ref. 4967).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eccles, D.H., 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

坎氏非洲盲刺鳅, Gamba nioka, 坎氏非洲盲刺鳅, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Mastacembelidae (Spiny eels)
Etymology: Mastacembelus: Greek, mastax, -agos = bite + Greek, emballo = to throw oneself (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 3°S - 9°S

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