Leptocypris weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)

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Leptocypris weeksii : Stiassny et al., 2006 : 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 376, fig. 4D, 6DA new species of Raiamas (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Congo River, with a phylogenetic assessment of the generic limits of the predatory cyprinid genera Opsaridium, Raiamas, and Leptocypris. | Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2011 : 698Fishes of the Kwilu River (Kasai basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the vicinity of Kikwit, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. | Decru, 2015 : 38The ichthyofauna in the Central Congo basin: diversity and distribution in the north-eastern tributaries. | Moelants, 2015 : 70Diversity 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). | Decru et al., 2017 : 230Ichthyofauna of the Itimbiri, Aruwimi, and Lindi/Tshopo rivers (Congo basin): diversity and distribution patterns..
Barilius weeksii : Boulenger, 1900 f : 134, pl. 48, fig. 4 (senior synonym)Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. 6ème partie : Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. | Boulenger, 1901 q : 232 (senior synonym)Les poissons du bassin du Congo. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 46 (senior synonym)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1911 a : 195, fig. 170 (senior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Lambert, 1961 a : 25 (senior synonym)Contribution à l'étude des poissons de forêt de la cuvette congolaise. | Gosse, 1963 : 203 (senior synonym)Le milieu aquatique et l'écologie des poissons dans la région de Yangambi. | Poll & Gosse, 1963 b : 78 (senior synonym)Contribution à l'étude systématique de la faune ichthyologique du Congo central. | Luyéyi, 1971 a : 84 (senior synonym)Les poissons de la Lukaya. | Luyéyi, 1971 b : 100 (senior synonym)Vertébrés à sang froid dans les collections de l'O.N.R.D. | Roberts & Stewart, 1976 : 251 (senior synonym)An ecological and systematic survey of fishes in the rapids of the lower Zaïre or Congo River. | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 335 (synonym of Raiamas weeksii) (senior synonym)29. Cyprinidae..
Raiamas weeksii : Howes, 1980 b : 193 (senior synonym)The anatomy, phylogeny and classification of bariliine cyprinid fishes. | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 335 (senior synonym)29. Cyprinidae..

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Common names : Rajamas Weeksuv (Czech), Weeksi salekarbik (Estonian), Ikekenge [Kele (Ya Okandja): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Likenge [Kele (Ya Okandja): Democratic Republic .
Current distribution known : known from the Lower Congo, Pool Malebo (= Stanley Pool) and from the central and upper Congo River basin. It has not been found in the Mweru-Luapua-Bangweulu system .
Osteology : Stiassny et al., 2006 .
Size : 70 mm TL .
Types :
- Barilius weeksii Boulenger, 1899 f: 103. Type locality: "Monsembe", Upper Zaïre River. Holotype BMNH n° 1898.7.9: 31.
Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .