Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Enteromius > Enteromius kerstenii

Enteromius kerstenii (Redspot barb; Kersten's barb)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The redspot barb (Barbus kerstenii) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish found in East Africa. It is named for the large, orange-red spot found on each operculum. According to FishBase, the South African Barbus tangandensis (also referred to as "redsport barb") is a synonym of B. kerstenii, whereas the Catalog of Fishes lists them as separate species.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Okavango Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Floodplain Rivers and Wetland Complexes    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda

Range Map

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0