Silver cyprinid

Silver cyprinid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Rastrineobola
Species:
R. argentea
Binomial name
Rastrineobola argentea
(Pellegrin, 1904)
Synonyms[2]
  • Neobola argentea Pellegrin, 1904
  • Engraulicypris argenteus (Pellegrin, 1904)

The silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) also known as the Lake Victoria sardine, mukene, and omena (native language), dagaa (Swahili) is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae from East Africa. It is the only member of the genus Rastrineobola.

  1. ^ FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Rastrineobola argentea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T61257A47242399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61257A47242399.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904)". Fishbase. Retrieved 27 February 2017.