The river sardine (Engraulicypris brevianalis[2] or Mesobola brevianalis[3] is an African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi river systems and east coastal rivers from the Limpopo to the Umfolozi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is also known from the middle Luapula in Zambia. Engraulicypris gariepinus is sometimes considered conspecific.

River sardine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Engraulicypris
Species:
E. brevianalis
Binomial name
Engraulicypris brevianalis
Boulenger, 1908
Synonyms

Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908)

References

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  1. ^ Bills, R. (2018). "Engraulicypris brevianalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T126219156A58311306. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T126219156A58311306.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Mesobola brevianalis". FishBase.