Silver cyprinid
| Silver cyprinid | |
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| See number 5 at upper right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Genus: | Rastrineobola |
| Species: | R. argentea |
| Binomial name | |
| Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904) | |
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The silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) also known as the Lake Victoria sardine, mukene, and omena (native language), dagaa (Swahili) is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the danio family, Danionidae from East Africa. It is the only member of the genus Rastrineobola.