Malagarasi sardine

The Malagarasi sardine (Engraulicypris spinifer^[2] or Mesobola spinifer^[3]) is an East African species of freshwater fish in the family Danionidae. It is endemic to the Malagarasi River in Burundi and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Malagarasi 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. spinifer
Binomial name
Engraulicypris spinifer R. G. Bailey & Matthes, 1971
Synonyms
Mesobola spinifer (Bailey & Matthes, 1971)