Engraulicypris bredoi is an East African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[3] It is endemic to Lake Albert in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Engraulicypris bredoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Engraulicypris |
Species: | E. bredoi
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Binomial name | |
Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945
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Synonyms[2] | |
Mesobola bredoi (Poll, 1945) |
References
edit- ^ Natugonza, V.; Musinguzi, L. (2022). "Engraulicypris bredoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T57506999A58341346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T57506999A58341346.en. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Mesobola bredoi". FishBase.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2016ZooK..641..121R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.641.10434. PMID 28138294.