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Cyprinidae
Redspot barb
Enteromius kerstenii
Spotted Carp of the Congo Basin
- Red
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
SmallRedspot barb is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi, tributaries of the lower Zambezi, Save-Runde (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ), Pungwe, Buzi (Ref. 94654 ) and Kafue (Ref. 12524 ) systems. Also Lake Victoria, Tanganyika, Edward and Kivu basins (Ref. 104790 ), Lake Malawi system (Ref. 37112 ), the upper Congo system (Ref. 2970 , 27609 , 95585 ) and coastal river basins in Kenya (Ref. 52331 ) and Tanzania (Ref. 41366 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
