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Raiamas senegalensis

Raiamas senegalensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. This species is from western Africa east to the River Nile. It sometimes is found in the aquarium trade.

Description
Raiamas senegalensis has eleven dorsal soft rays and 16 anal soft rays. It is usually marked with less than 15 vertical bars on its sides and a round spot on caudal peduncle. It is not sexually dimorphic. ==Distribution==
Distribution
Raiamas senegalensis is found in western Africa as far east at the Nile basin. It is found in the basins of the Nile, Lake Chad, Niger, Gambia, Senegal, Volta and the coastal basins of Sassandra, Bandama, Comoé, Tano, Pra, Ouémé, Ogun and Sanaga, which seems to represent its southern distributional limit; it is also known from the Cross River in Cameroon. This means that the countries this species has been recorded in are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Togo. ==Habitat and ecology==
Habitat and ecology
Raiamas senegalensis is a freshwater demersal fish. ==Human use==
Human use
Raiamas senegalensis is traded within the aquarium trade. ==Conservation status==
Conservation status
Raiamas senegalensis has a wide distribution, there are no known major widespread threats so it is therefore listed as Least Concern. == References ==
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