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Distichodontidae
Distichodus antonii
Distichodus antonii
Distichodontid Fish of the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
LargeDistichodus antonii is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 55 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Distichodus
- Maximum length
- 55 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Africa: widespread Congo basin endemic, from Marine Lower Congo up to Upper Lualaba, in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 96324 ). Absent from Luapula-Mweru (Ref. 7094 , 96324 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
