Neobola kinondo Bart et al., 2019

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Engraulicypris fluviatilis (non Whitehead, 1962) : Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 326 (misapplied)29. Cyprinidae. | Seegers et al., 2003 : 34 (misapplied)Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria)..
Neobola kinondo : Bart et al., 2019 : 534-539, fig. 2, 4, 5, 7A new species of cyprinoid fish from the Tana River, Kenya (Actinopterygii: Danionidae)..

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Colour pattern : Bart et al., 2019 .
Common names : Tana sardine (English) .
Current distribution known : confined to the Tana River of Kenya. It is known primarily from tributaries of the Tana in Meru National Park and likely also occurs in portions of the Tana River proper bordering the park. It seems that the species also inhabits lower portions of the Tana River basin .
Distribution_references : Bart et al., 2019 .
Habitat / home range : collected in different sites that had swiftly flowing water with large rock outcrops that formed small waterfalls .
Morphology / anatomy : Bart et al., 2019 .
Reproduction : specimens collected in June are in nuptial condition. Males have breeding tubercles on the top of head, underside of jaws, cheeks, and operculum , with fine tubercles on the pectoral fin and the ventral sides of the body. Nuptial males also have an orange patch of pigment in the middle of the lower lobe of the caudal fin. Females collected in June have enlarged abdomens and fine tubercles on the underside of the jaws, cheeks and top of the head. A 53 mm SL female had mature, yolked (yellow) ova in its ovaries, suggesting that spawning was imminent if not already occurring. This activity corresponds to the second rainy season in East Africa, which occurs from May through early July. Nuptial females are larger than males; of 21 specimens that were sexed .
Size : 64.8 mm SL .
Types :
- Neobola kinondo Bart, Schmidt, Nyingi & Gathua, 2019: 534-539, fig. 2, 4, 5, 7. Type locality: Rojewero River at Kenmare Campsite, Meru National Park, Tana River Basin, Kenya. Holotype NMK FW/4810; paratypes NMK FW/2786/2-24, NMK FW/3407/1-24, TU 201866 (8 ex NMK FW/3407/1-32).