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Cyprinidae
River sardine
Engraulicypris brevianalis
Breeding male jaw tubercles
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallRiver sardine is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Engraulicypris
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Limpopo River, Incomati River, Pongolo River, Saint Lucia system and Mkhuze River in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique (Ref. 116496 ). Also known from Okavango (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ), upper Zambezi system (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ) and middle Luapula (upper Congo River basin) in Zambia (Ref. 52959 ). Reports from Orang River below Augrabies Falls (Ref. 7248 , 33857 , 52193 ) refer to Engraulicypris gariepinus (Ref. 116496 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
