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    Lake Turkana sardine

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    Lake Turkana sardine
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopterygii
    Order: Cypriniformes
    Family: Cyprinidae
    Subfamily: Danioninae
    Genus: Chelaethiops
    Species:
    C. bibie
    Binomial name
    Chelaethiops bibie
    (de Joannis, 1835)
    Synonyms
    • Barilius bibie Günther, 1836
    • Chelaethiops brevianalis de Joannis, 1835
    • Leuciscus bibie de Joannis, 1835
    • Pelicus bibie Heckel, 1846

    The Lake Turkana sardine (Chelaethiops bibie) is an African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Nile River and Webi Shebeli, and in the Niger, Bénoué and Volta basin.[2]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Akinyi, E., Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P. & Vreven, E. 2010. Chelaethiops bibie. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T181937A7768904. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181937A7768904.en. Downloaded 1 November 2017.
    2. ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Chelaethiops bibie". Fishbase. Retrieved 21 September 2017.


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