Democratic Republic of the Congo

Checklist of Endemic Vertebrate Genera

This list of vertebrate genera found exclusively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005) for mammals, Dickinson (2003) for birds, the EMBL Reptile Database (2005) for reptiles, Frost (2004) for amphibians, and FishBase 2004 (2004) for fishes. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range (these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)

Okapia 1 spp. (Mammal Artiodactyla Giraffidae)

Afropavo 1 spp. (Bird Phasianidae)

Helophis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)

Laurentophryne 1 spp. (Amphibian Anura Bufonidae)

Chrysobatrachus 1 spp. (Amphibian Anura Hyperoliidae)

Clupeocharax 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Alestiidae)

Zaireichthys 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Amphiliidae)

Gnathobagrus 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Bagridae)

Rheoglanis OC 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Bagridae)

Schwetzochromis 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cichlidae)

Teleogramma 4 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cichlidae)

Trematochromis 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cichlidae)

Paraphago 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Citharinidae)

Platyallabes 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Clariidae)

Caecobarbus OC 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae)

Acanthocleithron 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Mochokidae)

Additional vertebrate genera described too recently to be included in the sources listed above include the following:

Dolichamphilius 2 spp. (Freshwater Fish Amphiliidae) 2003

Paradoxoglanis 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Malapteruridae) 2002