Cyprinidae

Silver cyprinid

Rastrineobola argentea

Carp of the Nile Basin

• Silver
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Silver cyprinid is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 8 cm.