The Athi sardine (Neobola fluviatilis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae.

It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is in the Athi and Tena Rivers.[2] Studies in the 21st century have shown that this species was restricted to the Athi River near Kithimani in Kenya. This species has not been recorded since 1961 and my be extinct.[1] The population in the Tana River is now regarded as a separate species, N. kinondo.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Schmidt, R.; Bart, H.L.; Nyingi, D. (2020). "Neobola fluviatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T167664496A47243356. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T167664496A47243356.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neobola fluviatilis". FishBase. October 2024 version.
  3. ^ Henry L. Bart Jr.; Ray C. Schmidt; Wanja Dorothy Nyingi & Joseph Gathua (2019). "A new species of cyprinoid fish from the Tana River, Kenya (Actinopterygii: Danionidae)". Zootaxa. 4652: 533–543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.9.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neobola_fluviatilis
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