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Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933

Description

Common Names

  • 基伍平鰭鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 基伍平鳍鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Amphiliidae

    Genus: Amphilius

    Species: Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: affluents of the Lualaba (upper Congo River basin), Rusizi and Lake Tanganyika in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi (Ref. 87863), Rwanda (Ref. 87863) and Tanzania (Ref. 4967). Also reported from the upper Kagera drainage in Rwanda (Ref. 87863). Reports from the Lufira drainage (upper Congo basin) (Ref. 2970) not confirmed. Reports possibly from Lake Kivu (Ref. 59189, 83444) questionable and unconfirmed in Ref. 3818 or 107916.

    • Biology

    Occurs in streams and small rivers (Ref. 87863) with rocky bottoms (Ref. 36901).

    Habitat

    demersal