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Opsaridium
''Opsaridium'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. Currently, 12 species are in this genus. 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 Taverne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dick Taverne (born 1928), British politician * Joost Taverne (born 1971), Dutch politician * Michaël Taverne (born 1979), French politician * Omer Taverne (1904–1981), Belgian cyc ... & De Vos, 1997 * '' Opsaridium tweddleorum'' P. H. Skelton, 1996 (dwarf sanjika) * '' Opsaridium ubangiense'' (Pellegrin, 1901) * '' Opsaridium zambezense'' ( W. K. ...
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Opsaridium
''Opsaridium'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. Currently, 12 species are in this genus. 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 Taverne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dick Taverne (born 1928), British politician * Joost Taverne (born 1971), Dutch politician * Michaël Taverne (born 1979), French politician * Omer Taverne (1904–1981), Belgian cyc ... & De Vos, 1997 * '' Opsaridium tweddleorum'' P. H. Skelton, 1996 (dwarf sanjika) * '' Opsaridium ubangiense'' (Pellegrin, 1901) * '' Opsaridium zambezense'' ( W. K. ...
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Opsaridium Microlepis
The lake salmon or mpasa (''Opsaridium microlepis'') is an African species of freshwater fish, endemic to Lake Malawi, in the family Cyprinidae found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. Description It is a silvery fish which resembles trout of the family Salmonidae and lacks the pink or orange coloured fins of many of its congeners. They can grow to up to 4 kg in weight and 47 cm in total length The larger adults are plain coloured while the juveniles have vertical dark bars along the body which they lose as they grow. Habitat and ecology The lake salmon occurs in the pelagic zone of Lake Malawi, over sandy substrates. The juvenile fish stay close inshore near the mouths of the tributary rivers. The adults feed on small pelagic fishes, especially ''Engraulicypris sardella'', while the juveniles feed on plankton, insects and other small organic matter. During the rainy season the adult fish migrate up the tributary ...
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Opsaridium Peringueyi
The southern barred minnow (''Opsaridium peringueyi'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no .... References southern barred minnow Fish of Mozambique Fish of South Africa Fish of Eswatini southern barred minnow Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist Taxa named by William Wardlaw Thompson Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Microcephalum
''Opsaridium microcephalum'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...s. References Opsaridium Fish described in 1864 Taxa named by Albert Günther Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Splendens
''Opsaridium splendens'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Burundi and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Opsaridium Fish described in 1997 Freshwater fish of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Tweddleorum
The dwarf sanjika (''Opsaridium tweddleorum'') is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Malawi and Mozambique, living in Lake Malawi and the lower Zambezi River The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal .... References Opsaridium Fish described in 1996 Cyprinid fish of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Maculicauda
''Opsaridium maculicauda'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Kasai River in Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... References Opsaridium Fish described in 1926 Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Loveridgii
''Opsaridium loveridgii'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...s. References Opsaridium Fish described in 1922 Freshwater fish of Tanzania Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Ubangiense
''Opsaridium ubangiense'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in coastal basins from Cameroon to the Republic of the Congo. It is also found in upper tributaries of Lake Chad and the Benue River, and the Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ... basin. References Opsaridium Fish described in 1901 Freshwater fish of Africa {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Leleupi
''Opsaridium leleupi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the upper Lualaba River in Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... References Opsaridium Fish described in 1965 Taxa named by Hubert Matthes Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Zambezense
The barred minnow (''Opsaridium zambezense'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in river systems from the Democratic Republic of Congo, south to Namibia, Zimbabwe and far northern areas of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References Opsaridium Freshwater fish of Africa Fish described in 1852 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Opsaridium Engrauloides
''Opsaridium engrauloides'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found the Ubangi in the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th .... References Endemic fauna of the Central African Republic Opsaridium Fish described in 1923 Fish of the Central African Republic {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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