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Cyprinidae
Orangefin barb
Enteromius eutaenia
Fish Reaching Fourteen Centimeters in the Congo Basin
- Orange
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
SmallOrangefin barb is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 14 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 14 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: rivers of eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and the Transvaal escarpment (Ref. 2801 ), Cunene, Cuanza, Okavango (Ref. 11970 , 52193 , 120641 ), Zambezi (Ref. 52193 , 120641 ), east coast systems south to the Incomati (Komati) system and Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 52193 ). In the Congo system in the the upper Lualaba (Ref. 41590 ), Lake Mweru (Ref. 11970 , 41590 ), Luapula system (Ref. 27609 , 41590 ), Bangweulu-Chambesi (Ref. 42135 , 95585 ) and upper Kasai (Ref. 41590 ). Report from Lake Nyassa (Ref. 11970 , based on Greenwood 1962) needs confirmation.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
