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Engraulicypris
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Engraulicypris

Engraulicypris is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in Mesobola are not phylogenetically separated from Engraulicypris and therefore should also be included in Engraulicypris.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

River Sardine

speciesEngraulicypris brevianalis

Lake Malawi sardine

speciesEngraulicypris sardella

White Mbala

speciesEngraulicypris gariepinus

Engraulicypris spinifer

speciesEngraulicypris spinifer

Engraulicypris howesi

speciesEngraulicypris howesi

Engraulicypris ngalala

speciesEngraulicypris ngalala

Engraulicypris bredoi

speciesEngraulicypris bredoi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88164.