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Cyprinidae
Gorgeous Barb
Clypeobarbus bellcrossi
Carp beneath African Waters
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallGorgeous Barb is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Clypeobarbus
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: upper Zambezi River headwater zone; may be related to species of the tropical subgenus Clypeobarbus (Ref. 7248 ). Also reported from the Lulua (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 114247 ) and the Okavango in Angola (Ref. 120641 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
