Broadstriped Barb

Body slender; the third simple ray of the dorsal is slender and flexible.

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5

Inhabits small streams and the larger river systems with or without aquatic weeds (Ref. 13337). Favors slow-flowing streams with vegetation (Ref. 7248). Forms shoals and undertakes seasonal movements up tributaries and onto floodplains (Ref. 13337).

aquarium: potential

The broadstriped barb (Enteromius annectens) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.

It is known to be widely distributed on the coastal plain of south-east Africa, but may be a species complex.