Malagarasi sardine explained

The Malagarasi sardine (Engraulicypris spinifer^[1] or Mesobola spinifer^[2]) is an East African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. 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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. (2016): Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini). ZooKeys, 641: 121–150.
2. Natakimazi, G. . Hanssens, M. . 2006 . Mesobola spinifer . 2006 . e.T61272A12456409 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61272A12456409.en . 16 November 2021.