Common names: Lumbungo, Lusese, Lutemba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Cubango/Okavango (Ref. 11970, 120641) and Zambezi (Ref. 120641). Reports from the southern Congo River basin (Ref. 120641) in the Cuilo (=Kwilu), Kasai, Luachimo and Chiumbe (Ref. 11970) are probably another species, because of the large heads and relatively few, broader than average body bars in these specimens (Ref. 26673). Rare in South Africa; threatened chiefly by water abstraction and pollution; weirs and dams obstruct its movement along rivers (Ref. 7248).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Skelton, P.H., 1993
National Database: