Senegal minnow

Raiamas senegalensis

Fish Reaching Twenty Four Point Five Centimeters in African Waters

Tropical
Coastal
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Raiamas senegalensis (silver fish, Senegal trout barb or Senegal minnow) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. This species is from western Africa east to the River Nile. It sometimes is found in the aquarium trade.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Raiamas
Maximum length: 24.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: basins of the Nile, Chad, Niger, Gambia, Senegal, Volta and coastal basins of Sassandra, Bandama, Comoé, Tano, Pra, Ouémé, Ogun and Sanaga, which seems to represent its southern distributional limit (Ref. 2940 , 81282 ). Also known from the Cross River in Cameroon (Ref. 81639 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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