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Distichodontidae
Distichodus brevipinnis
Distichodus brevipinnis
Rounded snout with reddish eyes
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
LargeDistichodus brevipinnis is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 59 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Distichodus
- Maximum length
- 59 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Africa: Sudanian species - Senegal, Gambia, Niger (downstream from Bamako), Volta, Chad. Unlike Distichodus rostratus , it is not found in the lower basins of the Volta and other coastal basins between Gambia and Niger (Ref. 2936 , 86396 ). Also found in the White Nile (Ref. 2936 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
