Petrocephalus simus was reported from 12 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 10 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 2 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Africa: Guinea Bissau (Ref. 1880) to Angola (Ref. 11970). Widely distributed in the Congo River basin (Ref. 2970), in Central African Republic (45441), Cameroon (Ref. 51193), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 2970), Angola (Ref. 11970) and Zambia (Ref. 42135).
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Table 1: Present in 10 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 11970
Africa Cameroon CMR native 271
Africa Central Afr. Rp CAF native 45441
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 2970
Africa Gabon GAB native 50787
Africa Ghana GHA native 272
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 1880
Africa Liberia LBR native 1878
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 1880
Africa Zambia ZMB native 27609

Table 3: Absent from 2 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Guinea GIN misidentification 3009
Africa Mali MLI misidentification 2756

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 11970
Africa Cameroon CMR native 271
Africa Central Afr. Rp CAF native 45441
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 2970
Africa Gabon GAB native 50787
Africa Ghana GHA native 272
Africa Guinea GIN misidentification 3009
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 1880
Africa Liberia LBR native 1878
Africa Mali MLI misidentification 2756
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 1880
Africa Zambia ZMB native 27609
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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