Engraulicypris gariepinus[1] is an African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Orange River below the Augrabies Falls. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the river sardine.
River sardine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Engraulicypris |
Species: | E. gariepinus
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Binomial name | |
Engraulicypris gariepinus Barnard, 1943
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Synonyms | |
Mesobola gariepinus (Barnard, 1943) |
References
edit- ^ Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. (2016): Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini). ZooKeys, 641: 121–150.