Congothrissa gossei (哥氏刚果棱鳀) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family herrings. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals can grow to 3.5 cm.
Africa: middle Congo River basin, in the area around Kisangani (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and in the Ubangui River at Bangui and upstream (Central African Republic)(Ref. 188, 93833)
Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
