Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Known from Awash River (Ref. 58460), Lake Tana (Ref. 96382, 128753) and the middle reaches of the Gojeb River, a tributary of the Omo River (Ref. 31508). Barb morphotypes in Lake Tana represent a species flock that originated via sympatric speciation with more rapid morphological than cytogenetic and molecular differentiation (Ref. 31694). |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html |