The river sardine (Engraulicypris brevianalis[2] or Mesobola brevianalis[3] is an African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi river systems and east coastal rivers from the Limpopo to the Umfolozi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is also known from the middle Luapula in Zambia. Engraulicypris gariepinus is sometimes considered conspecific.
| River sardine | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Engraulicypris |
| Species: | E. brevianalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Engraulicypris brevianalis Boulenger, 1908
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| Synonyms | |
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Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) | |
References
edit- ^ Bills, R. (2018). "Engraulicypris brevianalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T126219156A58311306. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T126219156A58311306.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. (2016): Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini). ZooKeys, 641: 121–150.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Mesobola brevianalis". FishBase.