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Opsaridium - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/pisces/actinopterygii/cypriniformes/cyprino

List of species.

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Opsaridium microlepis - English
URL: http://malawicichlids.com/mw11016b.htm

The "Mpasa," Opsaridium microlepis, is a predatory minnow that attains a length of at least 50 cm (20 inches). Adults eat fishes; the food of juveniles includes chironomid pupae and adults, ostracods, aquatic beetles, and terrestrial insects (beetles and ants), according to Worthington (1933).

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Opsaridium microcephalum - English
URL: http://malawicichlids.com/mw11016a.htm

Opsaridium microcephalum, known as "Sanjika" in Malawi, is a predatory minnow (feeding on the Usipa, Engraulicypris sardella) that attains 30 cm (12 inches) in total length. This mature male has lost some of its dorsal fin; notice the nuptial tubercles projecting from the lower jaw. The Sanjika was long known under the genus Barilius, but that genus is now used only for Asian species.

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