Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903) (accepted name)

Synonym:

Alestes brevis Boulenger, 1903 (synonym)

Common names:

African tetras English

Characin English

Dzogla dzevui Ewe

Elei Ijo

Kleiner Großaugensalmler German

Silversides English

Tewe kpiti Ga

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Characiformes

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Family Alestidae

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Genus Brycinus

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Distribution:

Volta; Sanaga; Pra River; Ogun; Nigeria; Niger; Ghana; Ethiopian; Cameroon; Africa: Southern Ghana and southern Nigeria (Lagos and Bénoué basin).; Africa-Inland Waters; Benue River

Additional data:

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Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 28-Aug-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40340a19-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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