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Barbus bynni waldroni in Ghana

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Barbus bynni waldroni   Norman, 1935
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Babyn_u1.jpg) by Mody, K.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	32.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2801)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical
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Distribution:	Africa: Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Well developed lips with visible chin lobe. Lips maybe hypertrophied (rubber-lips). Well developed barbels. Last simple dorsal forms a strong spine ossified longer than head length in adults. Upper idea of dorsal concave and longest ray of dorsal fin is 1st branchial ray. Gill rakers on 1st branchial arch. Color generally yellowish to greenish, fins without color, dorsal and caudal sometimes tainted red-violet. Dorsal: 4 simple, 9-10 branched. Anal: 3 simple, 5 branched.
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C.. 1990. (Ref. 2940)
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Ghana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Lévêque, C., 1990
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Pra and Tano basins (Ref. 272); Bia basin (Ref.30488). Also Ref. 2940, 13331.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré, 1988
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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