Distichodus rufigiensis

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hanssens, M. |date=2006 |title=Distichodus rufigiensis |page=e.T60795A12400130 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60795A12400130.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| taxon = Distichodus rufigiensis

| authority = Norman, 1922{{cite web|title=Distichodus rufigiensis|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Distichodus_rufigiensis/classification/|publisher=Animal Diversity Web|accessdate=10 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=Distichodus rufigiensis Norman, 1922|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=640972|publisher=ITIS Standard Report Page|accessdate=10 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=Distichodus rufigiensis Norman 1922 Currently Accepted Name: Distichodus rufigiensis Norman 1922|url=http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=253273|publisher=Fish Wise|accessdate=10 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201095211/http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=253273|archivedate=1 February 2014}}

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Distichodus rufigiensis is a species of freshwater fish in the family Distichodontidae. It is endemic to Tanzania and occurs in the Wami, Rufiji, and Ruvuma River systems.{{FishBase|genus=Distichodus |species=rufigiensis |month=October |year=2015}}

This species is native to a tropical climate. It inhabits rivers and may also colonized reservoirs. It grows to {{convert|17|cm|abbr=on}} total length. D. rufigiensis is decreasing in population due to the threats of illegal fishing, siltation choking its spawning substrate, and land-based pollution.