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Barbus foutensis in Guinea

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Barbus foutensis   Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	9.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2940)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Oriental Slope of Fonta Djalon, upper reaches of the Gambia River, Bafing River, Little Scarcies River and the Niger. Possibly existing in the Occidental Slope.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Medium sized fish, cephalic pores well visible. Barbels moderately developed, anterior short may extend past anterior eye border, posterior may reach past posterior eye border. Grayish, light belly. Scales bordered with melanophores, accentuated on lateral line scales forming vertical crescents grayish caudal and dorsal (with simple rays, often black). Dorsal and anal with 3 simple rays.
Biology:	Affinities: B. ablabes (with longitudinal black band, smaller barbels)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Lévêque, C.. 1990. (Ref. 2940)
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Guinea country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf, 1994
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality, Kaba R., tributary to Little Scarcies, MNHN 1987-2038 (holotype of Barbus foutensis, 8.4 cm SL) (Ref. 2963). Known from the Konkouré River (Ref. 13331).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gv.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.fis-net.com/guinea
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C., 1990
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	Modified:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Entered:  Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

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