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Cyprinidae
Enteromius leonensis
Enteromius leonensis
Carp from the Niger Basin
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallEnteromius leonensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is found from Senegal to Sudan.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 3.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: present in large Sudanese basins (Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, Gambia), but also in the Comoé and Bandama Rivers in Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 2940 , 81282 ), and Rokel, Jong and Moa Rivers in Sierra Leone (Ref. 2940 ). In the Nile basin known from the Sudd (Jebel system) and White Nile (Ref. 28714 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
