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| Scientific Name | Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf, 1905) |
| Common Names | Spotted Sand Catlet Gevlekte-sandbabertjie |
| Type Locality | Bubu River at Irangi = [Kondoa], ca. 4°55'S, 35°45'E, East Africa. |
| Synonym(s) | Gephyroglanis rotundiceps, Leptoglanis rotundiceps |
| Pronunciation | za eer ICK thiss |
| Etymology | Zaireichthys: From the Zaire river and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the type of the genus and its collection locality. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 38mm or 1.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The majority of species are small and compact, have a defense mechanism of three ossified spines in the dorsal and pectoral fins,being able to lock them into place which makes the genus different from all other Amphiliidae. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: rivers in Kenya, Tanzania, middle Zambesi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also in the Cunene, Okavango, Pungwe, Buzi, Save systems as well as in the Lake Malawi catchment. As it currently stands, this species probably represents a complex of several different species. African Waters, Zambesi, Middle Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cunene (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Okavango (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Save (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Pungwe (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Malawi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Buzi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016. |
| Temperature | 22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | In nature the majority of species are found over or in sand in flowing rivers. There is one known lake dwelling species from Lake Malawi which is also found over sand and living in snail shells. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 22 (no. 4), pp 412. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2020 Oct 28 17:00 (species record created: 2008 May 17 04:11) |