Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the syntypes of Haplochilichthys kassenjiensis: 'Kassenji, Albert-See' (Ref. 96645). Known from Lake Albert (Ref. 3788, 47311, 96645, 106172). Also Ref. 27139.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wildekamp, R.H., 1995
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Common names from other countries

马哈灯鮰, Albertsee-Leuchtaugenfisch, Lake Albert lampeye, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: kassenjiensis: The specific name, kassenjiensis, means 'originating from Kassenji' (Ref. 47311).

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

; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: Lake Albert, including the delta of the Semliki River and the Victoria Nile River below the Murchison Falls, in northwestern Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 47311).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 47311); 3.0 cm TL (female)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 7-9; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 13 - 15. Diagnosis: Depth of body contained 3 to 4 times in the standard length; dorsal fin with 7-9 rays, anal fin with 13-15 rays; 24-28 scales in a longitudinal series, 18-20 around the body in front of the pelvic fins (Ref. 4903, 47311).

Found in open water, and also among bordering vegetation in the shore regions and swampy lagoonal parts of Lake Albert (Ref. 47311).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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Wildekamp, R.H., 1995. A world of killies. Atlas of the oviparous cyprinodontiform fishes of the world. Volume II. The genera Aplocheilichthys, Aplocheilus, Austrofundulus, Campellolebias, Crenichthys, Cualac, Cubanichthys. Cynolebias, Cynopoecilus and Cyprinodon. The American Killifish Association, Inc. 384 p. (Ref. 47311)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 07 April 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)