Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899

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Mastacembelus brachyrhinus : Boulenger, 1899 f : 54, pl. 27, fig. 4Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo, 3ème partie : Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Mastacembles, Plectognathes. | Boulenger, 1901 q : 492Les poissons du bassin du Congo. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 59A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1912 g : 201A synopsis of the fishes of the genus Mastacembelus. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 136, fig. 90Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Holly, 1930 a : 274Synopsis der Süsswasserfische Kameruns. | Poll, 1959 c : 157Recherches sur la faune ichthyologique de la Région du Stanley Pool. | Roberts & Stewart, 1976 : 254, pl. 14aAn ecological and systematic survey of fishes in the rapids of the lower Zaïre or Congo River. | Travers et al., 1986 : 422 (synonym of Caecomastacembelus brachyrhinusi)70. Mastacembelidae. | Vreven, 2005 a : 361, 362, 365Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation. | Moelants, 2015 : 76Diversity and ecology of the ichthyofauna of the Middle and Upper Congo basin: a case-study in the region of the Wagenia falls (Democratic Republic of the Congo). | Kanu et al., 2022 : 63, 64, 67Molecular phylogenetic analysis of spiny eels (Mastacembelidae: Mastacembelus) from the Rokel River basin and adjacent areas of Sierra Leone,.
Caecomastacembelus brachyrhinus : Travers, 1984 b : 144 (senior synonym)A review of the Mastacembeloidei, a suborder of synbranchiform teleost fishes. Part II : Phylogenetic analysis. | Travers et al., 1986 : 422 (senior synonym)70. Mastacembelidae. | Vreven & Stiassny, 2009 : 214, 221 (senior synonym)Mastacembelus simbi, a new dwarf spiny eel (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from the lower Congo River..

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Current distribution known : known from the Lower Congo River rapids and from the Kisangani region. It has also been found in the Ubangui River, upriver from Bangui. The species is difficult to catch, thus the distribution is probably larger than currently known .
Genetics : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Habitat / home range : found in rapids .
Morphology / anatomy : Travers, 1984 a | Travers, 1984 b | Vreven, 2005a .
Phylogeny : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Size : 150 mm TL .
Types :
- Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899 f: 54, pl. 27, fig. 4. Type locality: "Matadi". Holotype MRAC n° 66.
Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven, 2005a .