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Barbus barotseensis in Zimbabwe
Barbus barb

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Barbus barotseensis   Pellegrin, 1920
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Barbus barb
Max. size:	5.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 52193)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical; 11°S - 21°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: ; aquarium: potential
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Cunene, Okavango, and Upper Zambezi River. Also known from the southern tributaries of the Congo system (Ref. 52193).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Anterior barbel short, about quarter eye diameter; posterior barbel also short, about half eye diameter.
Biology:	Inhabits shallow calm waters amongst vegetation, along the river edge (Ref. 13337). Ripe adults were caught undertaking upstream migration on a possible spawning run in mid summer after the first rise in water level (Ref. 13337)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Skelton, P.H.. 2001. (Ref. 52193)
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Zimbabwe country information
Common names:	Barotse barb		Ref:  Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Status:	native		Ref:  Skelton, P.H., 1993
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	fairly common (chances are about 50%)		Ref:  Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Upper Zambezi River. Also Ref. 7248.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/zi.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/alcom/broch.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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