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Silver cyprinid

Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904)

Status not recordedbony fish

The silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the silver cyprinid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver cyprinid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the silver cyprinid as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Rwanda

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the silver cyprinid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver cyprinid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusRastrineobola
  7. SpeciesRastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904)

Synonyms Engraulicypris argentea, Engraulicypris argenteus, Neobola argentea, Rastineobola argentea

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • neobola stříbřitáCzech
  • Sangica-do-Lago-VictóriaPortuguese
  • DagaaSwahili
  • OmenaSwahili

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver cyprinid

Other species in the same family Cyprinidae.

LC, Least Concern
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Grass carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Common rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Cyprinidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the silver cyprinid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the silver cyprinid as introduced in 1 country: Rwanda, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the silver cyprinid?

The silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-cyprinid

MLA

“Silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-cyprinid.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_cyprinid_2026,
  title = {Silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-cyprinid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}