The river sardine (''Engraulicypris brevianalis''Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. (2016)
Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, ''Mesobola brevianalis'' (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini).
''ZooKeys, 641: 121–150.'' or ''Mesobola brevianalis'' is an African species of

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in the family

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. It is found in the Cunene, Okavango, upper

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river systems and east coastal rivers from the

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to the Umfolozi in northern

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. It is also known from the middle

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. ''

Engraulicypris gariepinus ''Engraulicypris gariepinus''Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. (2016)Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, ''Mesobola brevianalis'' (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini).''ZooKeys, 641 ...

'' is sometimes considered conspecific.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q48998321 Engraulicypris Fish described in 1908 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger