Coptostomabarbus wittei David & Poll, 1937

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Common names : Boel-ghieliemientjie / Boel-ghieliemientjie (Afrikaans), Parmicka Witteova (Czech), Upjaw barb (English), Witte viidikpardlik (Estonian) .
Current distribution known : found from Democratic Republic of Congo in the north of its range, and Namibia to Zimbabwe in the south. In Central Africa, it is known from floodplains of the upper Lualaba system of the upper Congo River basin. In Southern Africa the species is presnet in the Okavango Delta, and from upper Zambezi system, Kafue floodplains and floodplains of the Lualaba tributary of the Congo. In Zimbabwe, there is one record from below the Victoria Falls .
Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Food habits : feeds on minute planktonic organisms .
Food habits_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Habitat / home range : a benthopelagic species. It occurs in swamps and floodplains in shallow densely vegetated still-water habitats .
Habitat_references : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Morphology / anatomy : David, 1937 | Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Size : 40 mm SL .
Types :
- Coptostomobarbus wittei David & Poll, 1937: 223, fig. 17. Type locality: "rivière Kando près Tenke", Upper Zaïre River system. Syntypes MRAC n° 36.240 to 36.242; other specimens MRAC n° 34.876 to 34.892, 36.315 to 36.335, 36.578 to 36.580 and 36.581 to 36.587.