River sardine

The river sardine (Engraulicypris brevianalis),^[3] or hyphen barb,^[1] is an African species of [freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. It is found in the Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi river systems and east coastal rivers from the Limpopo to the Umfolozi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is also known from the middle Luapula in Zambia. Engraulicypris gariepinus is sometimes considered conspecific.^[4]

River sardine
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Genus:	Engraulicypris
Species:	E. brevianalis
Binomial name
Engraulicypris brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Neobola brevianalis Boulenger, 1908 Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger 1908)