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Barbus guildi in Ghana

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Barbus guildi   Loiselle, 1973
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Bagui_u2.jpg) by Mody, K.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2801)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Known only from the upper reaches of the River Hedjo (Volta basin) near the Togo and Ghanaian borders.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Medium sized, cephalic pores visible on head. Anterior barbel reaching past anterior eye border, posterior barbel extending to and beyond middle of eye. Lateral line dipping below dorsal. Black longitudinal band from eye to caudal peduncle. Scales on back, lateral line and 1st row below lateral line with melanophores in crescent form. Simple rays of dorsal (3 and anal 3 also) strongly pigmented. 1/3 of distal end of dorsal grayish.
Biology:	Affinities: B. ablabes; B. macrops; B. parablabes; B. callipterus (Ref. 2940)
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:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the upper reaches of the River Hedjo (Volta basin) near the Togo and Ghanian borders.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984
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	Entered:  Luna, Susan M.

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