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Barbus salessei in Guinea-Bissau

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Barbus salessei   Pellegrin, 1908
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	4.7 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: Fouta Djalon region in Guinea (upper Gambia, Bafing, upper Konkouré and the upper basins of the Little Scarcies rivers). Also known from the rivers of Guinea Bissau (Ref. 2801).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Dorsal profile convex, slightly compressed head, small mouth, no barbels. Lateral line incomplete, with 5-11 perforated scales, clearly bending just under the dorsal fin. Dorsal, 3 simple, 7 branched, convex external border, last simple ray well developed and ossified at base. Short gill rakers on 1st branchial arch. Yellowish with grayish back. Small round black spot at extremity of caudal peduncle. Sometimes with longitudinal dark band on sides. Pectorals dark. Dorsal, anal and ventrals bright orange, caudal yellowish.
Biology:	Affinities: B. pobeguini (with barbels) (Ref. 2940). Maximum TL was recorded at 5.8 cm (Ref. 2801)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C.. 1990. (Ref. 2940)
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Guinea-Bissau 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:	Known from the Géba River (Ref. 13331).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pu.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Luna, Susan M.

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