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Scientific Name Raiamas senegalensis  (Steindachner, 1870)
Common Names Senegal Minnow
Senegal-Barilius (Germany), Silver Fish
Type Locality Dagana, Senegal, western Africa.
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Size 245mm or 9.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: basins of the Nile, Chad, Niger, Gambie, Senegal, Volta and coastal basins of Sassandra, Bandama, Comoé, Tano, Pra, Ouémé, Ogun and Sanaga. Maybe recorded as Raiamas loati because these two are vicariant forms and may not be truly quite distinct.
African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Gambia (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Bandama (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Comoé (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Tano (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Pra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Ouémé (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Ogun (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Cameroon waters, Sanaga (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.), pp 564 [32], Pl. 5 (fig. 2)
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Last Update 2014 Jan 09 15:35 (species record created: 2013 Sep 08 00:41)