''Thoracochromis brauschi'' is a species of
cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...
endemic to the
Fwa River
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in the
Congo Basin
The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It con ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species can reach a length of
TL.
References
Thoracochromis
Fish of Africa
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxa named by Max Poll
Fish described in 1965
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