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Poeciliidae
Zaire lampeye
Hypsopanchax platysternus
Five Point Five Centimeters Poeciliid Fish from the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallZaire lampeye is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Hypsopanchax
- Maximum length
- 5.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin, including the Sankuru, Ruki, Mongala, Itimbiri, Aruwimi, Tshopo and Lualaba drainages, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 59344 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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