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Barbus somereni in Rwanda

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Barbus somereni   Boulenger, 1911
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Basom_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	40.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4967)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Sibwe, Mubuku, Tokwe and Kirimia Rivers (Ref. 2801) in the Ruwenzori area in Uganda and in the Malagarazi and Kagera rivers of Tanzania (Ref. 4967).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal spines: 6-6; Anal soft rays: 9-11. Back and lower lobe of caudal fin dark (Ref. 4967).
Biology:	Inhabit the headwaters of rivers at high altitudes (Ref. 4967)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	De Vos, L. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde. 1990. (Ref. 27626)
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Rwanda country information
Common names:	Ikinanga, Ifurwe, Inkwenwe, Someren's barb, Urwozi		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
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Nyabarongo basin and Lake Ihema in the middle basin of the Akagera downstream from Rusumo falls (Ref. 27626). Also in Rusizi basin (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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