Zanzibar barb

Species of fish

Zanzibar barb

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Smiliogastrinae
Genus:  | Enteromius
Species:  |

E. zanzibaricus

Binomial name
Enteromius zanzibaricus

(Peters, 1868)

Synonyms

* Barbus zanzibaricus Peters, 1868
* Barbus altus Pfeffer, 1905
* Barbus argyrotaenia Boulenger, 1912
* Barbus kiperegensis Steindacher, 1914
* Barbus pfefferi Boulenger, 1905

The Zanzibar barb (Enteromius zanzibaricus) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2]

It is found along the coast of east Africa from Somaliland to Mozambique. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Tweddle, D.; Vreven, E. (2018). "Enteromius zanzibaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61287A47243723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61287A47243723.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Entermomius zanzibaricus". FishBase. May 2017 version.

Taxon identifiers

Barbus zanzibaricus|

* Wikidata: Q2235824
* CoL: KP2Z
* EoL: 221969
* GBIF: 5206796
* IRMNG: 10152450
* ITIS: 688795
* Plazi: 19E5FEFF-D5BD-D9F7-54CE-64859E697FC1
* WoRMS: 1421109
* ZooBank: B828A0BF-5A85-4A4F-BB67-274AA68B39D0

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