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Cyprinidae
Barboides gracilis
Barboides gracilis
A translucent fish of slow West African streams
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallBarboides gracilis is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 1.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barboides
- Maximum length
- 1.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: occurs in small coastal rivers in Benin and southern Nigeria (Ref. 2940 , 81282 , 81639 ), also known from Cameroon (Ref. 81282 , 81639 ) and Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 81639 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
