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Cyprinidae
Redtail Sanjika
Opsaridium ubangiense
Twelve Centimeters Carp of the Congo Basin
- Red
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
SmallRedtail Sanjika is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Opsaridium
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: widespread in coastal basins from Cameroon to the Republic of Congo (Ref. 81639 ). Also in upper tributaries of Lake Chad and Benue River systems (Ref. 51193 ). Present in the middle (Ref. 26673 , 41590 , 41594 , 45434 , 45441 , 46861 ) and upper (Ref. 27609 , 45434 , 93587 ) Congo River basin, in the Lukuga up to the Lukuga-Niemba confluence (Ref. 93587 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
