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Distichodontidae
red-finned distichodus
Distichodus notospilus
Fish Reaching Nineteen Point Five Centimeters in the Congo Basin
- Red
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Mediumred-finned distichodus is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 19.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Distichodus
- Maximum length
- 19.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: widespread in coastal basins from the Sanaga (Cameroon) to the Chiloango (Cabinda Province of Angola) (Ref. 81638 ). Also found in the middle (Ref. 1879 , 11970 ) and lower Congo River basin (Ref. 88782 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
