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Amphilius atesuensis in Ghana

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Amphilius atesuensis   Boulenger, 1904
Family:	Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) , subfamily: Amphiliinae			picture (Amate_u0.jpg) by Mody, K.
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	9.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 31256)
Environment:	demersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.69999980926514; dH range: 10 - 20
Climate:	tropical; 18 - 22°C; 13°N - 4°N
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec < 10,000)
Distribution:	Africa: Guinea (Gbin River) and Sierra Leone to Ghana (Pra River). Also known from the St. John River in Liberia and the Mono River in Togo (Ref. 7353).
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels. 1986. (Ref. 3818)
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Ghana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf, 1994
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Pra and Tano basins(Ref. 272); Bia and Volta basins (Ref. 30488). Also Ref. 13331.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré, 1988
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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