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Distichodontidae
Eugnathichthys macroterolepis
Eugnathichthys macroterolepis
Distichodontid Fish Reaching Fourteen Point Five Centimeters
Eugnathichthys macroterolepis is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 14.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Eugnathichthys
- Maximum length
- 14.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: widespread in the Congo River basin, from the lower Congo basin (Ref. 41594 , 94471 ) up to the upper Lualaba (Ref. 2970 ), in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also in the Chiloango River basin (Ref. 81638 , 94471 ) in Cabinda Province of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

