Chrysichthys bocagii Boulenger, 1910

Family:  Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes), subfamily: Claroteinae
Max. size:  21.9 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: known only from the type locality (Bengo River at Dondo) in Angola (Ref. 3236).
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known only from the type locality (Bengo River at Dondo)(Ref. 3236). Report from the "Cuanza (Atlantic coastal)" (Ref. 120641) probably refers to the Cuanzan drainage basin or Cuanza Ichthyological Province, including various Angolan coastal basins, such as the Bengo, and not (only) the Cuanza river basin.


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