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Cyprinidae
Thamalakane barb
Enteromius thamalakanensis
Fish Reaching Five Centimeters in the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallThamalakane barb is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Enteromius
- Maximum length
- 5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Kunene (Ref. 120641 ), (upper) Zambezi (Ref. 11970 , 7248 , 120641 ) and Okavango River systems (Ref. 7248 , 120641 ). Also reported from the Kwilu River (middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 114247 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
