The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). The Congo–Lualaba–Luvua–Luapula–Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,900 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and Lualaba is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
The blunt-jawed elephantnose or wormjawed mormyrid is a species of elephantfish. It is found in rivers in West and Middle Africa. It is brown or black with a long elephant-like snout with the mouth located near the tip. Its diet consists of worms, fish, and insects.
Barbatula is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia. They are found in streams, rivers and lakes, and the genus also includes Europe's only cavefish, which only was discovered in the Danube–Aachtopf system in Germany in 2015.
Barbatula compressirostris is one of eighteen species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbatula. It is native to the Khovd River drainage in Mongolia, and possibly Russia.
Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.
Melanie Lisa Jane Stiassny is the Axelrod Research Curator of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History. Her research interests focus on freshwater biodiversity documentation and systematic ichthyology in the Old World tropics, including tropical Africa and Madagascar. She has published broadly on the biogeography conservation and systematics of teleosts.
the double-trunk elephant nose, Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Africa. This species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
Targaryendraco is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Hannover, northern Germany. Fossil remains of Targaryendraco dated back about 132 million years ago.
The Mormyroidea are a superfamily of fresh water fishes endemic to Africa that, together with the families Hiodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Pantodontidae and Notopteridae, represents one of the main groups of living Osteoglossiformes. They stand out for their use of weak electric fields, which they use to orient themselves, reproduce, feed, and communicate.
The Mweru elephantfish, Campylomormyrus bredoi is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Lake Mweru. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and can reach a size of approximately 370 mm (15 in).
Campylomormyrus cassaicus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in African rivers Luachimo in Angola and Sankuru in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Kasai River drainage in the middle Congo River basin.
Campylomormyrus tshokwe is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in African Kwango and Luachimo rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Campylomormyrus christyi is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, is found in Africa: in the lower Congo, the Pool Malebo, Kasai and the Lukenie River in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Campylomormyrus curvirostris is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: in the lower and middle Congo River basin in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Campylomormyrus mirus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: along the middle Congo River main course, Uélé, Aruwimi, Lindi-Tshopo and Wagenia Falls in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Campylomormyrus numenius, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: in the Pool Malebo, in the middle Congo River and its northern tributaries, and in the Lualaba, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Campylomormyrus elephas, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa, in the Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Campylomormyrus phantasticus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in the Sanaga River in Africa.
Campylomormyrus luapulaensis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: in the Luapula River of the upper Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.
Campylomormyrus orycteropus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Lake Mweru. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
