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Scientific Name Platyclarias machadoi    Poll, 1977
Common Name
Type Locality Upper Cuango, Cafunfo, Borio River, Angola.
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Size 201mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Unpaired fins not continuous and dorsal and anal fins located far back

Most likely brown with a lighter underbody.
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Distribution Africa: Upper Cuango, Angola.
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Kwango (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Cuanza (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences, Académie Royale de Belgique (Ser. 5) v. 63 (no. 2), pp 141, Figs. 7-8
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 11:58 (species record created: 2014 Mar 02 23:37)