Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930)
Brachypetersius cadwaladeri
photo by Mamonekene, V.

 Family:  Alestidae (African tetras)
 Max. size:  4.3 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  pelagic
 Distribution:  Africa: upper Lulua (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin), upper Lomami (middle Congo River basin) and right bank tributaries of the Lualaba River (upper Congo River basin), including the Elila and Luama (Ref. 42032), in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also reported from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 42032) but this is unconfirmed in other sources (e.g. Ref. 598, 6770).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Sa-a, Pascualita - 20.06.94
 Modified by: Boden, Gert - 27.05.02

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