East African Red Finned Barb

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East African Red Finned Barb
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbus
Species: B. apleurogramma
Binomial name
Barbus apleurogramma
Boulenger, 1911

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.

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