| Family: |
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Torinae |
| Max. size: |
11.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, present in the Wouri, Sanaga and Nyong river basins (Ref. 81639). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Diagnosis: mouth inferior or subinferior; lips moderately developed, lower lip continuous; two pairs of well-developed barbels of about equal length of 0.67-0.75x eye diameter; lower jaw not reaching to anterior margin of eye; 29-30 scales in lateral line; last simple ray of dorsal fin ossified, not serrated, measuring 0.8x HL; snout 3.5-3.75x HL; length caudal peduncle 1-1.2x its height (Ref. 81639).
Description: medium-sized species; scales with parallel striae; scale formula: 4.5/29-30/4.5/2.5/12; D: IV, 9-10; A: III, 5-6; P: 16; V: 10; lateral line complete (Ref. 81639).
Coloration: ground color metallic brown, darker dorsally, paler ventrally; scales with dark margins; fins grey-brown (Ref. 81639). |
| Biology: |
Maximum TL recorded: 11.1 cm (Ref. 81639). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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