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Engraulicypris
Sign in to saveEngraulicypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. This genus is classified in the subfamily Chedrinae and the species in the genus are endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in Mesobola are not phylogenetically separated from Engraulicypris and therefore should also be included in Engraulicypris. ==Species== There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945 Engraulicypris brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (river sardine) Engraulicypris gariep
Species
River Sardine
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- CUMV, CAS, MNHN, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Zambia, Uganda, Kenya?, Somalie, Congo Kinshasa, Kenya
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- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
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Engraulicypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. This genus is classified in the subfamily Chedrinae and the species in the genus are endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in Mesobola are not phylogenetically separated from Engraulicypris and therefore should also be included in Engraulicypris. ==Species== There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945 Engraulicypris brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (river sardine) Engraulicypris gariepinus Barnard, 1943 Engraulicypris howesi Riddin, I. R. Bills & Villet, 2016 Engraulicypris ngalala Riddin, Villet & I. R. Bills, 2016 Engraulicypris sardella (Günther, 1868) (Lake Malawi sardine) Engraulicypris spinifer R. G. Bailey & Matthes, 1971 (Malagarasi sardine)
==References==
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