Yangambi butterbarbel

Schilbe yangambianus

Fish Reaching Twenty Five Centimeters in the Zambezi Basin

Yangambi butterbarbel is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Schilbeidae
Genus: Schilbe
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Africa: middle Congo River basin including the drainages of the Ubangi, Kasai and Kwando (Ref. 43912 ) and Lukenie basin (Ref. 127185 ); also known from a single locality on the upper Zambezi river in Zambia (Ref. 43912 ). Also reported from the upper Congo (Ref. 106245 ) and the Zambezi in Angola (Ref. 120641 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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