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Barbus eutaenia in Zimbabwe
Orangefin barb

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Barbus eutaenia   Boulenger, 1904
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Baeut_u0.gif) by Mertens, P.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Orangefin barb
Max. size:	14.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7248)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5
Climate:	tropical; 20 - 26°C; 10°S - 26°S
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Ruanda Urundi rivers, Lake Mweru, Congo River system, Cunene, Okavango and Upper Zambezi, rivers of eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and the Transvaal escarpment. Also found in the Cuanza (Angola), the Congo system, the east coast systems south to the Incomati (Komati) system and Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 7248).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Description: robust species; enlarged scales forming a sheat at the base of the dorsal fin; serrated dorsal spine present (Ref. 75045). Coloration: yellow or orange tinted fins; broad, heavy, black midlateral stripe present, extending through the operculum and to the tip of the snout (Ref. 75045).
Biology:	Favors clear-flowing waters, usually headwater streams with rocky habitats. Feeds on insects (Ref. 7248). Known to ascend tributaries and move only onto floodplains in rainy season (Ref. 13337)
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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Zimbabwe country information
Common names:	Orangefin barb		Ref:  Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Status:	native		Ref:  Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in the Pungwe, Buzi, and Upper and Lower Zambezi systems. Also Ref. 2801.
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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