Lake salmon
| Lake salmon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Opsaridium |
| Species: | O. microlepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Opsaridium microlepis (Günther, 1864) | |
The lake salmon (Opsaridium microlepis) is an African species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Kazembe, J., Magombo, Z., Khawa, D. & Kaunda, E. 2005. Opsaridium microlepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Opsaridium microlepis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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