''Raiamas batesii'' is a species of

cyprinid fish Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vert ...

in the genus ''

Raiamas ''Raiamas'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes. The majority of the species are from Africa, but ''R. bola'' and ''R. guttatus '' are from South and Southeast Asia. Species * '' Raiamas ansorgii'' ( Boulenger, 1910) * '' Raiamas batesii ...

''. It occurs in the

Dja River The Dja River (also known as the Ngoko River) is a stream in west-central Africa. It forms part of Cameroon–Republic of Congo border and has a course of roughly . Rising southeast of the southeastern Cameroon town of Abong-Mbang, the Dja Faun ...

Sanaga River The Sanaga River (formerly german: Zannaga) is the largest river in Cameroon located in East Region, Centre Region and Littoral Region. Its length is about from the confluence of Djérem and Lom River. The total length of Sanaga-Djérem Rive ...

and

Nyong River The Nyong (formerly german: Yong) is a river in Cameroon. The river flows approximately to empty into the Gulf of Guinea. Course The Nyong originates east of the town of Abong-Mbang, where the northern rain forest feeds it. The river's lengt ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

where it forms part of a fishery.

References

Endemic fauna of Cameroon Raiamas Cyprinid fish of Africa Fish described in 1914 {{Cyprinidae-stub