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Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902

Description

Common Names

  • 短体平鳍鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短體平鰭鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Amphiliidae

    Genus: Amphilius

    Species: Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 41580, 41590, 41591, 106245, 106290). Reports from Loeme, Kouilou-Niari and Ogowe represent the revalidated Amphilius nigricaudatus (Ref. 81646). Identification of Chiloango and (marine) lower Congo specimens (Ref. 41590) is unclear (see also Ref. 81646).

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    demersal