Lake Rukwa minnow

Lake Rukwa minnow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Danioninae
Genus:Raiamas
Species: R. moorii
Binomial name
Raiamas moorii
(Boulenger, 1900)[2]
Synonyms
  • Barilius moorii Boulenger, 1900

The Lake Rukwa minnow (Raiamas moorii) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Kivu and Lake Rukwa in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Natakimazi, G. & Hanssens, M. (2005). "Raiamas moorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Raiamas moorii" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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