''Nannopetersius mutambuei'' is a species of fish in the

African tetra African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish exclusively found in Africa. This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species. Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tiger ...

family, only found in the Inkisi River upstream of the Sanga dam in the lower Congo River basin, in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of Prof. Mutambue Shango, the General Academic Secretary, of the École Régionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et gestion Intégrée des Forêts et territoires Tropicaux in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

, who was responsible for collecting many fishes from the Inkisi River basin in 1985 and 1986.

References

Alestidae Freshwater fish of Africa Taxa named by Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio Taxa named by Emmanuel J. Vreven Fish described in 2008 {{Characiformes-stub