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Alestidae
Gabon Tetra
Brachypetersius gabonensis
Alestid Fish beneath African Waters
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallGabon Tetra is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Alestidae
- Genus
- Brachypetersius
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, restricted to the Ogowe and Como River basins in Gabon (Ref. 80290 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
