Congoglanis alula
Congoglanis alula is a species of loach catfish found in the Congo River Basin in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and possibly in Zambia. It reaches lengths up to 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.
| Congoglanis alula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Genus: | Congoglanis |
| Species: | C. alula |
| Binomial name | |
| Congoglanis alula | |
| Synonyms | |
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Doumea alula Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Congoglanis alula" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.
- T. Moelants (2010). "Congoglanis alula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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