Lake Rukwa minnow
Lake Rukwa minnow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Raiamas |
Species: | R. moorii |
Binomial name | |
Raiamas moorii (Boulenger, 1900)[2] | |
The Lake Rukwa minnow (Raiamas moorii) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Kivu, and Lake Rukwa in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia.[2] Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.[1]
References
- 1 2 Natakimazi, G. & Hanssens, M. (2005). "Raiamas moorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Raiamas moorii" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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