''Paradoxoglanis cryptus'' is a species of
electric catfish
Electric catfish or Malapteruridae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). This family includes two genera, ''Malapterurus'' and '' Paradoxoglanis'', with 21 species. Several species of this family have the ability to generate electricity ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to 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 ...
, where it occurs in the
Kagala River.
This species grows to a length of
SL.
References
Malapteruridae
Catfish of Africa
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxa named by Steven Mark Norris
Fish described in 2002
Strongly electric fish
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