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Mormyridae
Dwarf stonebasher
Pollimyrus castelnaui
Mormyrid Fish Reaching Seven Centimeters
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallDwarf stonebasher is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Bonytongues
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Pollimyrus
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Okavango basin and upper Zambezi River; also from the Kafue and Cunene Rivers and northern areas of Lake Malawi (Ref. 52193 ). Also reported from the Luongo (lower Luapula tributary, upper Congo River basin) in Zambia (Ref. 27609 , 94890 ) and the Kasai in Angola (Ref. 120641 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
