Bitschumbi lampeye

Lacustricola vitschumbaensis

Fish Reaching Five Point Five Centimeters in the Congo Basin

Tropical
Upper river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

The bitschumbi lampeye (Lacustricola vitschumbaensis) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Lacustricola
Maximum length: 5.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: Lake Edward, Lake George, and the connecting Kasinga Channel, the Rutshuru River and the upper Semliki River (above the rapids) in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda; northern part of Lake Victoria in southern Uganda; Mbuga Creek close to the Niansimbi (or Buranga) hot springs in western Uganda (Ref. 47311 ). A population showing affinities with this species also occurs in the Lake Kioga drainage systen of southern Uganda (Ref. 47311 ).

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