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Cyprinidae
Enteromius guirali
Enteromius guirali
Carp in the Sanaga Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumEnteromius guirali is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 15.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Sanaga basin in Cameroon to the Chiloango drainage in Republic of the Congo (Ref. 81639 ) and Angola (Cabinda)(Ref. 120641 ), including the basins of the Ntem, Nyong, Ogooué, Nyanga and Kouilou-Niari (Ref. 81639 ). Reported from the rivers Dja and Ngoko (Ref. 51193 ) and Alima (Ref. 42035 )(middle Congo River basin), but this is not confirmed in Ref. 81639 , which considers this species to be a Lower Guinea endemic.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
