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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 rotondiceps, 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 (Cubango) (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) Login to view the 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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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.24.126.1993
Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:46 (species record created: 2008 May 17 04:11)