Hyphen barb (Barbus bifrenatus)

Scientific name: Barbus bifrenatus Fowler, 1935

The Hyphen barb (Barbus bifrenatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6. With 2 distinct black lateral stripes along the body; lateral stripe begins clearly on the snout and runs through the eye and gill cover and down the body. The lateral line tubules are closely outlined in black, giving the line a tubular appearance. Anterior barbel about eye diameter and posterior barbel a little longer.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Barbus bifrenatus
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: widespread over northern parts of southern Africa including the Cunene, Okavango, Upper Zambezi, Kafue, Zambian Congo and Limpopo systems; isolated populations occur in Malawi and on the eastern shores of Lake St. Lucia in Natal. May be confused with the bowstriped barb, Barbus viviparus but differs in pigmentation details.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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