Silver Cyprinid
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| Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904) |
The Silver Cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its local names are omena (Kenya), dagaa (Tanzania) or mukene (Uganda).
Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes, namely Lake Victoria. Being a fast-swimming smallish fish of the open waters, it has been better able to withstand the ecological upheaval caused mainly by the introduced predator Lates niloticus (Nile perch) than most other local species.
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- Bayona, J.D.R. 2005. Rastrineobola argentea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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