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Sanaga basin

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Species
3
Rivers
1
Photographed
3 of 3
Difficulty rated
3 of 3

Rivers in this basinspecies recorded from each

Runs through

Adult specimen of 'Barbus' guirali.

'Barbus' guiraliAfrican Blackfin Barb

Cyprinidae · Thominot, 1886

Max length
155mm SL6in SL
Tank
150 × 45cm60 × 18in
Temp
22–26°C72–79°F
pH
5.5–6.5

The African blackfin barb, 'Barbus' guirali, is a cyprinid recorded only from Cameroon and Gabon, including the Sanaga and Ogooué basins. Primarily a river fish, it also enters affluent streams and tributaries. It is rare in the hobby and little is known of its captive care, though one lone fish kept by a forum member behaved well, and a batch of what appeared to be a different species has been imported under the same name.

Moderate
Male of 'Barbus' jae; collection locality unknown.

'Barbus' jae

Cyprinidae · Boulenger, 1903

Max length
40mm SL1.6in SL
Tank
45 × 30cm18 × 12in
Temp
17–24°C63–75°F
pH
5.0–6.5

'Barbus' jae is a small, delicate African barb from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the two Congos, sometimes sold as 'jae' or 'charcoal' barb. Populations vary in colour and pattern with locality, and the forms should never be mixed in the aquarium, to avoid crossbreeding. It lives in shady rainforest streams and swamps with soft, acidic, brown-stained water, and its shy nature makes it unsuitable for most community aquaria.

Moderate
Adult male ofA. elberti 'Bafoussam'.

Aphyosemion elbertiRed-Barred Lyretail

Nothobranchiidae · Ahl, 1924

Max length
40mm SL1.6in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
18–22°C64–72°F
pH
6.0–7.0

The red-barred lyretail, Aphyosemion elberti, is a killifish from central Cameroon and the upper Mambéré basin in the Central African Republic. Its range follows the Sanaga River system across Cameroon. It was described from 'Jade Plateau, Cameroon', which apparently corresponds to the Lebo River in what is now the Central African Republic.

Moderate
1 field missing