Mastacembelus cunningtoni
Mastacembelus cunningtoni
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Mastacembelus cunningtoni is a species of fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin, including the Lakes outflow, the Lukuga River as far as the Kisimba-Kilia rapids. It occurs in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The specific name of this fish honours the British zoologist and anthropologist William Alfred Cunnington (1877-1958), leader of the expedition to Lake Tanganyika which collected the type.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Synbranchiformes
- Family
- Mastacembelidae
- Genus
- Mastacembelus