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Kneriidae
Parakneria abbreviata
Parakneria abbreviata
Kneriid Fish beneath the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Near the Equator
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallParakneria abbreviata is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 7.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Kneriidae
- Genus
- Parakneria
- Maximum length
- 7.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: Kouilou (Ref. 81636 ) and Nyanga (Ref. 80297 ) basins (Republic of Congo), Ogooué (Gabon) (Ref. 81636 ), and rivers Guoro (Equatorial Guinea) (Ref. 68431 ) and Mvila (Cameroon) (Ref. 81636 ) in the Ntem basin. Report from the Lualaba (upper Congo basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 89136 ) questionable as species is considered endemic to Lower Guinea (Ref. 81636 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
