Zanzibar barb

Zanzibar barb
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Enteromius
Species: E. zanzibaricus
Binomial name
Enteromius zanzibaricus
(Peters, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Barbus zanzibaricus Peters, 1868
  • Barbus altus Pfeffer, 1905
  • Barbus argyrotaenia Boulenger, 1912
  • Barbus kiperegensis Steindacher, 1914
  • Barbus pfefferi Boulenger, 1905

The Zanzibar barb (Enteromius zanzibaricus) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2]

It is found along the coast of east Africa from Somaliland to Mozambique. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bills, R.; Engelbrecht, J.; Getahun, A.; Vreven, E. (2010). "Barbus zanzibaricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T61287A12449228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T61287A12449228.en. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Entermomius zanzibaricus" in FishBase. May 2017 version.


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