Ripon Barbel

Ripon Barbel

Taxobox
name = Ripon Barbel
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Barbus"
species = "B. altianalis"
binomial = "Barbus altianalis"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1900
synonyms = The Ripon Barbel ("Barbus altianalis") is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Ntakimazi, G. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61243/all Barbus altianalis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.


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