Barboides gracilis

Barboides gracilis
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Barboides
Species:	B. gracilis
Binomial name
	Barboides gracilis; Brüning, 1929
Synonyms
	Barbus lorenzi Loiselle & Welcomme, 1971; Raddabarbus camerunensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971;

Barboides gracilis is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae which occurs in small, slow flowing rivers in forests in the coastal lowlands in West Africa from Benin to Equatorial Guinea. It is a small species of 1.6 cm in length which feeds mainly on aquatic plants and detritus. It is threatened by habitat destruction caused by barrage fishing, development and oil exploration.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Lalèyè, P.; Moelants, T.; Olaosebikan, B.D. (2010). "Barboides gracilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182317A7857939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182317A7857939.en.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barboides gracilis". FishBase.

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[OUCB-1] Lalèyè, P.; Moelants, T.; Olaosebikan, B.D. (2010). "Barboides gracilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182317A7857939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182317A7857939.en.

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