Nile minnow

Nile minnow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Leptocypris
Species:	L. niloticus
Binomial name
	Leptocypris niloticus; de Joannis, 1835
Synonyms
	Alburnus alexandrinus Steindachner, 1893; Alburnus niloticus (de Joannis, 1835); Barilius niloticus (de Joannis, 1835); Barilius thebensis (de Joannis, 1835); Leuciscus niloticus de Joannis, 1835; Leuciscus thebensis de Joannis, 1835; Opsarius thebensis (de Joannis, 1835);

The Nile minnow (Leptocypris niloticus) is a species of cyprinid fish found the Nile, Omo, Niger, Bénoué, Volta, and Senegal Rivers, and the Lake Chad basin.^[2] It was described by Léon-Daniel de Joannis in 1835.

References

^ Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Moelants, T., Twongo, T. & Vreven, E. 2010. Leptocypris niloticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T182880A7993667. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182880A7993667.en. Downloaded 26 July 2017.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptocypris niloticus". FishBase. April 2015 version.

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