Huyghe, Charlotte E. T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-3994
Aerts, Dorien N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7408-4380
Heindler, Franz M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-4781
Kmentová, Nikol https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-9545
Mushagalusa Cirhuza, Deo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-6484
Hellemans, Bart https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-8074
Chocha Manda, Auguste
Vanhove, Maarten P. M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-7566
Mulimbwa N’Sibula, Théophile
Volckaert, Filip A. M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-4295
Masilya Mulungula, Pascal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-2004
De Keyzer, Els L. R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0924-0118
Funding for this research was provided by:
VLIRUOS (NDOC2016PR006)
VLIRUOS (CD2018SIN218A101)
VLIRUOS (REI-2018-01-01)
VLIRUOS (GM2O18INITO7)
Czech Science Foundation (P505/12/G112)
Czech Science Foundation (GA19-13573S)
Article History
Received: 2 January 2023
Revised: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 17 May 2023
First Online: 26 July 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors have no competing interests.
: Collection of specimens used in the study complied with institutional, national, and international guidelines. Fieldwork in D.R. Congo was carried out with the approval of the CRH—Uvira, who fall under the Congolese Ministry for Science and Technology (Ministère National de la Recherche ScienQ5tifique et Technologie) under mission statement 031/MINRST/CRH-U/2016. Samples were exported with an export permit from the CRH-Uvira. Sampling in Burundi was carried out in collaboration with CRSNE (Université du Burundi). Sampling in Zambia was carried out with the approval of the Zambian Department of Fisheries under a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Basel, the University of Zambia and the Zambian Department of Fisheries. An export permit was obtained from the Department of Fisheries at Mpulungu. Samples were imported in Belgium under import permit CONT/IEC/CHM/1508379 to the RMCA of the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV). No fish were killed for this study, dead specimens were obtained from local fish markets and fishermen.