Lake Turkana sardine

The Lake Turkana sardine (Chelaethiops bibie) is an African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Nile River and Webi Shebeli, and in the Niger, Bénoué and Volta basin.[2]

Lake Turkana sardine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Chelaethiops
Species:
C. bibie
Binomial name
Chelaethiops bibie
(de Joannis, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Barilius bibie Günther, 1836
  • Chelaethiops brevianalis de Joannis, 1835
  • Leuciscus bibie de Joannis, 1835
  • Pelicus bibie Heckel, 1846

References
  1. Akinyi, E., Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P. & Vreven, E. 2010. Chelaethiops bibie. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T181937A7768904. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181937A7768904.en. Downloaded 1 November 2017.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Chelaethiops bibie". Fishbase. Retrieved 21 September 2017.


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