Amphilius zairensis (扎伊尔平鳍鮠) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family loach catfishes. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals can grow to 9.4 cm.
Africa: lower Congo River mainstream and tributaries such as the Inkisi and Lufu (Ref. 42160); also reported from the Aruwimi (Ref. 106290), middle Congo, Wagenia Falls and Lualaba (Ref. 106245), in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
