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Common names: Kolstert-ghieliemientjie, Spottail barb
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Okavango, Upper Zambezi, Chobe, and Kunene. Also in Caprivi, South West Africa/Namibia (Ref. 37065).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hay, C.J., B.J. van Zyl, F.H. van der Bank, J.T. Ferreira and G.J. Steyn, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kolstert-ghieliemientjie, Laiksaba-pardkala, Parmička skvrnoocasá, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Enteromius: Greek, enteron = intestine + Greek, myo, mys = muscle (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Nichols & Boulton.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 10°S - 21°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Africa: rivers Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi and Kafue (Ref. 52193). In the upper Congo basin reported from the upper Lualaba (Ref. 11970), Upemba area (Ref. 2801) and middle and upper Luapula (Ref. 11970, 27609). Also reported from the southern Congo River basin in Angola (Ref. 120641).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2801)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7 - 8; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 5 - 6.

Occurs in quiet, well-vegetated waters where it feeds from the surface or on small invertebrates living on plant surfaces (Ref. 7248). Requires well oxygenated waters and usually not found in small or headwater streams (Ref. 13337).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 2801)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Enteromius afrovernayi (Nichols & Boulton, 1927)