''Barboides britzi'' is a species of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
in the
carp and
minnow
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the families Cyprinidae and Leuciscidae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens.
Smaller fish in the subfamily Leusciscidae are c ...
family,
Cyprinidae which occurs only in the permanently flooded Lokoli swamp forest in the basin of the
Ouémé River in southern Benin.
Footnotes
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Barboides
Fish described in 2006
Endemic fauna of Benin
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