Zaireichthys mandevillei • Amphiliidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Zaireichthys mandevillei** (Poll, 1959)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Stanley Pool, Congo River, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo]
Synonym(s)	Leptoglanis mandevillei
Pronunciation	za eer ICK thiss
Etymology	Zaireichthys: From the Zaire river and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the type of the genus and its collection locality.
Species Information
Size	26mm (1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The majority of species are small and compact, have a defense mechanism of three ossified spines in the dorsal and pectoral fins,being able to lock them into place which makes the genus different from all other Amphiliidae.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Endemic in the Congo River basin African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	In nature the majority of species are found over or in sand in flowing rivers. There is one known lake dwelling species from Lake Malawi which is also found over sand and living in snail shells.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Ser. 8), Sci Zool. v. 71
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Zaireichthys mandevillei (Poll, 1959)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Stanley Pool, Congo River, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo]

Synonym(s)

Leptoglanis mandevillei

Pronunciation

za eer ICK thiss

Etymology

Zaireichthys: From the Zaire river and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the type of the genus and its collection locality.

Species Information

Size

26mm (1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The majority of species are small and compact, have a defense mechanism of three ossified spines in the dorsal and pectoral fins,being able to lock them into place which makes the genus different from all other Amphiliidae.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Africa: Endemic in the Congo River basin
African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Furniture

In nature the majority of species are found over or in sand in flowing rivers. There is one known lake dwelling species from Lake Malawi which is also found over sand and living in snail shells.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Ser. 8), Sci Zool. v. 71

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.