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Cyprinidae
Jae barb
Enteromius jae
Three Point Eight Centimeters Carp of African Waters
Jae barb is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 3.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 3.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: various rivers from the Wouri in Cameroon to the Kouilou-Niari in Republic of Congo (Ref. 27690 , 81639 ) and the Chiloango basin in Angola (Cabinda) (Ref. 81639 , 120641 ). Also in the lower and middle Congo River in Cameroon, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 27690 , 106245 , 106290 ), up to the lower Lualaba (Ref. 27690 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

