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| Scientific Name | Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1876 |
| Common Names | Freshwater Butterfly Fish Afrikanischer Schmetterlingsfisch (Germany) |
| Type Locality | Small creek from Victoria River, Victoria, Cameroon, West Africa. |
| Synonym(s) | Pantodon buchholtzi, Pantodon buchholzi macrolepis, Pantodon buchholzi schizonotus |
| Etymology | Pantodon: Greek, pan = all + Greek, odous = teeth. buchholzi: Named after Professor Dr. Buchholz, collector of the type specimens. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 119mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | West and Central Africa: Nigeria, Lake Chad, Cameroon, Ogowe basin, Congo basin and upper Zambezi River (Ref. 2921,. Eastern limit of its distribution seems to be the Ouémé River in Benin (Ref. 1989,, but it is also observed in Jong River, Sierra Leone. African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Gabon Waters, Ogowe (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cameroon waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Upper Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Ouémé (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Jong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Temperature | 23.0-30.0°C or 73.4-86°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876, pp 196, Pl. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:2.40.471.2872 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:36 (species record created: 2011 Jan 02 07:05) |