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Lake salmon (Opsaridium microlepis)
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Ecological Illustration of Lake salmon (Opsaridium microlepis)
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Cyprinidae

Lake salmon

Opsaridium microlepis

Forty Seven Centimeters Carp of African Waters

  • Tropical
  • Local endemic species
  • Single-lake endemic
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Lake salmon is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Opsaridium
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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