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Scientific Name Coptodon dageti  (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
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Type Locality Volta River below Akosombo, Ghana.
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Size 400mm or 15.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Upper and middle Niger system; upper Sassandra, Bandama and Comoe, upper and Lower Volta, Lake Kainji and Lake Chad. Also known from the Mono, Bénoué, and upper Senegal River.
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Upper Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Middle Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Bandama (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Comoé (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Volta (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Mono (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Kainji Reservoir (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Sénégal, Upper Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 84 (nos 1-2), pp 160, Fig. 1
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Last Update 2019 Oct 13 03:49 (species record created: 2010 Dec 17 06:36)