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Opsaridium

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Opsaridium is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa.

Species

Redtail Sanjika

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations30
Observations recorded5,029

Opsaridium is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van karpers (Cyprinidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
60
With media
1
Family
Cyprinidae
Collections
CUMV, USNM, CAS
Recorded in
Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Cameroon

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Cyprinidae
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Opsaridium peringueyi.jpg
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Opsaridium is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa.

== Species == Opsaridium contains the following species: Opsaridium boweni (Fowler, 1930) Opsaridium engrauloides (Nichols, 1923) Opsaridium leleupi (Matthes, 1965) Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman, 1922) Opsaridium maculicauda (Pellegrin, 1926) Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther, 1864) Opsaridium microlepis (Günther, 1864) (lake salmon) Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1913) (southern barred minnow) Opsaridium splendens Taverne & De Vos, 1997 Opsaridium tweddleorum P. H. Skelton, 1996 (dwarf sanjika) Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin, 1901) Opsaridium zambezense (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (barred minnow) left|thumb|Southern barred minnow|Opsaridium peringueyi

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