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Distichodontidae
Oneline tetra
Nannaethiops unitaeniatus
Distichodontid Fish in the Niger Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallOneline tetra is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Nannaethiops
- Maximum length
- 6.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Niger and Cross River in Nigeria (Ref. 2936 , 31256 , 86396 ) and Chad basin (Ref. 367 , 86396 ). Found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, DRCongo, Republic of Congo, Cabinda (Ref. 81638 ). Also reported from Ghana (Ref. 11235 ) and the lower part of the Congo basin (Ref. 2936 , 94734 ). Reports from other parts of the Congo basin (Ref. 1878 , 1879 , 41591 , 46861 ) need confirmation.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
