Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936

Family:  Mastacembelidae (Spiny eels)
Max. size:  29.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: known only from the type locality in the upper Aruwimi drainage (middle Congo River basin): Tinda, tributary of Shari-Ituri in Bunia region of the Kibali-Ituri district, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 6060, 42005).
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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