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| Scientific Name | Zaireichthys heterurus Roberts, 2003 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | River Avokoko, affluent rive droit fleuve Congo, kilometer 21 route Kisangani-Wanie Rukula, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 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. From the Greek heteros meaning different and oura meaning tail. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 35mm or 1.4" 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. Color pattern spotted with a broad dark collar emediately behind the head. Caudal fin deeply forked, upper lobe much shorter and smaller and falcate, lower lobe rounded; fin rays in lower lobe noticeably thicker than those in upper lobe. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: Congo Dem Rep. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
| 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 | Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 54 (no. 5), pp 96, Fig. 14. |
| 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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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.24.126.3981 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:46 (species record created: 2011 Sep 23 20:15) |