Cyprinidae

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.