Enteromius jae
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Enteromius jae ( Syn .: Barbus jae ) is a small carp fish foundin Lower Guinea (including in the Dja , Kouilou-Niari , Ogooué and Wouri ) and in the Congo Basin . The species was named after the Ya River in South Cameroon.
features
Enteromius jae is only 3.8 cm long and has an elongated, laterally flattened body, radially striped scales, a terminal mouth and no barbels . The fish have a yellowish, red-brown to strong red basic color, the scales have dark brown edges. Males are more intensely colored, often bright red. A distinct, oval, dark spot lies behind the gill cover, another on the tail fin stalk. In between there are three to eleven less distinct spots, the first of which is always below the beginning of the dorsal fin.
- Fins formula : dorsal iii / 7–8, anal iii / 5, pectoral 13–15, ventral 8–9.
- Dandruff formula : 3.5 / 18–25 / 3.5 / 2 / 8–10, SL 2–6.
- Vertebra: 29-31.
The edge of the dorsal fin is straight, the last of the three non-branched fin rays is not ossified, not serrated and always shorter than the head.
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Melanie Stiassny, Guy Teugels & Carl D. Hopkins: The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa, Volume 1. ISBN 978-90-74752-20-6 .
- Axel Zarske: Barbus jae. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 131.
Web links
- Barbus jae on Fishbase.org (English)
- Enteromius jae inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Moelants, T., 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2013.