The Species Black List

Potamothrissa whiteheadi

Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline

Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline (Potamothrissa whiteheadi) is a type of herring known only from a few specimens collected within the Hombo River (a tributary of the Luhoko River) and the Lindi / Tshopo tributary, both in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Actinopterygii

Realm

Afrotropical

Locality

Hombo River

As IUCN records it

Potamothrissa whiteheadi Poll, 1974