Congoli

Congoli
Waite, Edgar R. (1921) Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia. (Freshwater and Marine Image Bank).
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Notothenioidei
Family: Pseudaphritidae
McCulloch, 1929
Genus: Pseudaphritis
Castelnau, 1872
Species:
P. urvillii
Binomial name
Pseudaphritis urvillii
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Aphritis urvillii Valenciennes, 1832
  • Eleginus bursinus Cuvier, 1830
  • Pseudaphritis bursinus (Cuvier, 1830)

The congoli (Pseudaphritis urvillii), also known as the freshwater flathead, marble fish, marbled flathead, sand trout, sanding, sandy, sandy whiting or tupong. is a species of marine ray-finned fish and it is the only species of fish in the monotypic family Pseudaphritidae and the genus Pseudaphritis. It was initially classified as a member of the family Bovichtidae.

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