Fwa River

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The Fwa is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in west Africa, flowing through Kasai-Oriental province. The river is a tributary of the Lubu River, which is a tributary to the Sankuru River, in the southeastern Congo River drainage basin.

[edit] Fauna

The river is particularly notable for its diverse community of fish. This community includes five endemic cichlid species: Cyclopharynx fwae, C. schwetzi, Schwetzochromis neodon, Thoracochromis brauschi and T. callichromus.

[edit] References

• FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).