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Cyprinidae
Spottail barb
Enteromius afrovernayi
Five Point Seven Centimeters Carp of the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallSpottail barb is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 5.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: rivers Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi and Kafue (Ref. 52193 ). In the upper Congo basin reported from the upper Lualaba (Ref. 11970 ), Upemba area (Ref. 2801 ) and middle and upper Luapula (Ref. 11970 , 27609 ). Also reported from the southern Congo River basin in Angola (Ref. 120641 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
