Malagarasi sardine
| Malagarasi sardine | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Genus: | Engraulicypris |
| Species: | E. spinifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Engraulicypris spinifer R. G. Bailey & Matthes, 1971
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| Synonyms | |
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Mesobola spinifer (Bailey & Matthes, 1971) | |
The Malagarasi sardine (Engraulicypris spinifer[2] or Mesobola spinifer[3]) is an East African species of freshwater fish in the family Danionidae. It is endemic to the Malagarasi River in Burundi and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b Natakimazi, G. & Hanssens, M. (2006). "Mesobola spinifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61272A12456409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61272A12456409.en. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Mesobola spinifer". FishBase.