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Barbus cercops in Rwanda
Luambwa barb

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Barbus cercops   Whitehead, 1960
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Luambwa barb
Max. size:	7.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27628)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: only known from rivers of Nyanza Province in Kenya. Reported from Rwanda (Ref. 27628).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal soft rays: 6-7. Last unbranched ray of dorsal fin more or less flexible and without posterior denticulation; anterior barbel ending after half the eye, while posterior barbel ends after posterior side of the eye (Ref. 27628). Brown-silver or silver colored; fins not colored or light creamy; 3 little black spots on the flanks, the first between operculum and dorsal-fin origin, the second under dorsal fin and the third just before caudal fin (Ref. 27628).
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Lévêque, C. and J. Daget. 1984. (Ref. 2801)
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Rwanda country information
Common names:	Ikinanga, Inkwekwe, Luambwa barb		Ref:  De Vos, L., J. Snoeks and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 2001
Status:	native		Ref:  De Vos, L., J. Snoeks and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 2001
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	common (usually seen)		Ref:  De Vos, L. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Commonly occurs in the middle basin of the Akagera, downstream from Rusumo falls (Ref. 27628). Also Ref. 46152.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rw.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	De Vos, L. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
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	Modified:  Pablico, Grace Tolentino	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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