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Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933

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Habitat: Amphilius kivuensis occurs in streams and small rivers with rocky bottoms. Colouration: Yellow brown, darker on the dorsum, with small round black dots. Aquarium Care: Can be kept in aquaria with a small grained gravel or sand substrate, and well planted with a slight current to facilitate their natural habitat. Provide rockwork and caves. This genera prefer cooler temperatures in the aquarium. Diet: Mosquito larvae, Tubifex, Cyclops, Daphnia, grindal worms, vegetable food, tablet and flake. Etymology: The specific name kivuensis: –ensis, suffix denoting place: region of Kivu (west of Lake Kivu), Democratic Republic of the Congo, type locality.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Amphiliidae

Distribution:

Africa: Rivers to west of Lake Kivu; Ruzizi River and rivers entering Lake Tanganyika. Type locality: Boulira, Kitembo (ouest du Kivu), ... Kilembo (ouest du Kivu, altitude 2000 mètres).

Size:

10.5cm (4¼ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Seegers, Lothar; The Catfishes of Africa. A handbook for identification and maintenance. Tetra Verlag GmbH. 604p.
Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1986. Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Amphilius kivuensis
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

Amphilius kivuensis
Dorsal view-Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

Amphilius kivuensis
Ventral view-Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

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