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Dorosomatidae

Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline

Potamothrissa acutirostris

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish
Maximum length
7 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Africa: widespread in Congo River basin (Ref. 188 , 28136 ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 93833 , 122734 ) and Central African Republic (Ref. 45441 ), also Lake Mweru in Zambia (Ref. 52959 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
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