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Etymology: Doumea: Taken form a locality, Doumé, in Congo (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Sauvage.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: coastal drainages from Cameroon (Ref. 78218) to Republic of Congo (Ref. 78218, 81646). Also reported from the Congo River drainage (Ref. 41594, 78218) (Dja River, middle Congo River basin; Ref. 46252), but a Lower Guinea endemic according to Ref. 81646.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81646)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Diagnosis: gap between supraoccipital process and nuchal shield narrow, not greater than width of supraoccipital process; postorbit 40-50% snout length; caudal peduncle long (3-3.9 times in SL), slender (length 14.3 times depth) and depressed (Ref. 81646).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1986. Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3818)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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