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Acapoeta tanganicae (Boulenger, 1900)

Description

Common Names

  • Parmička tanganická , Czech , Czechia
  • Mbaraga , Estonian , Estonia
  • Tanganjikanbarbi , Finnish , Finland
  • 坦噶尼喀魮 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Mbaraga , Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) , Rwanda
  • Mbaraga , Swahili , Tanzania

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cypriniformes

    Family: Cyprinidae

    Genus: Acapoeta

    Species: Acapoeta tanganicae (Boulenger, 1900)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 2801, 101145), including inflowing streams (Ref. 4967), and Lake Rukwa catchment (Ref. 101145).

    • Biology

    It can be found in inshore rocky areas of Lake Tanganyika, and rapid sections of rivers; one of the most common species in the rivers (Ref. 4967). It feeds on aufwuchs (Ref. 28666).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic