East African Red Finned Barb

Taxobox
name = East African Red Finned Barb
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Barbus"
species = "B. apleurogramma"
binomial = "Barbus apleurogramma"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1911
synonyms = The East African Red Finned Barb ("Barbus apleurogramma") is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Ntakimazi, G., Twongo, T.K. & Hanssens, M. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60316/all Barbus apleurogramma] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.