| Anaecypris punica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Anaecypris |
| Species: | A. punica |
| Binomial name | |
| Anaecypris punica (Pellegrin, 1920) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anaecypris punica is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. [2] It is found only in Tunisia and eastern Algeria. Its natural habitat is rivers.
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species. A series of Regional Red Lists, which assess the risk of extinction to species within a political management unit, are also produced by countries and organizations.
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Anaecypris is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It contains the following species:
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