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Cyprinidae
Congo barb
Clypeobarbus congicus
Carp of African Waters
- Tropical
- Estuary
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallCongo barb is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 7.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Clypeobarbus
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Congo River basin, from the lower Congo near its estuary (Ref. 79650 , 114247 ) up to the upper Lualaba (Ref. 45434 ), in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also reported from the Rusizi in Burundi (Ref. 98755 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
