Zaireichthys wamiensis • Amphiliidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Zaireichthys wamiensis** Seegers, 1989
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Kisangata Cr., trib. of the Wami R. at Mvumi, 32 km southwest of Kidete on the Kimamba-Kilosa road
Pronunciation	za eer ICK thiss - wam ee EN siss
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	80mm (3.1") 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: Wami Drainage African Waters, Tanzania Waters, Wami (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
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	Aquar. Terrar. Z. v. 42 (no. 5) 285 Fig.
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
	Search Planet Catfish for more on Zaireichthys wamiensis
	Look up Zaireichthys wamiensis on AquaticRepublic.com
BBCode	(for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
	(for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
	Look up Zaireichthys wamiensis on Fishbase
	Get or print a QR code for this species profile, or try our BETA label creator.
Hits	3154 hits.
Last Update	2011 Sep 22 11:55 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 09:50)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Zaireichthys wamiensis Seegers, 1989

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Kisangata Cr., trib. of the Wami R. at Mvumi, 32 km southwest of Kidete on the Kimamba-Kilosa road

Pronunciation

za eer ICK thiss - wam ee EN siss

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

80mm (3.1") 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: Wami Drainage
African Waters, Tanzania Waters, Wami (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

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

Aquar. Terrar. Z. v. 42 (no. 5) 285 Fig.

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.