Heterobranchus boulengeri
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| authority = Pellegrin, 1922[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681209 ITIS.gov]
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Heterobranchus boulengeri is a species of airbreathing catfish found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is found in Lake Mweru, the Lukonzolwa River and the upper Congo River.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist George A. Boulenger (1858-1937), of the British Museum (Natural History), who had described many of the fishes from Central Africa and the Congo River system.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes9/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA | access-date= 11 January 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
Description
Heterobranchus boulengeri has short barbels. Its gill arches extend anteriorly. This species can reach 64.0 cm (25.2 inches) TL in length.{{FishBase |genus= Heterobranchus|species= boulengeri| month = December| year = 2011}}
Habitat
References
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- Teugels, G.G., B. Denayer and M. Legendre, 1990. A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Heterobranchus Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1809 (Pisces: Clariidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 98:237-257.
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Category:Fish described in 1922
Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin
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