[2] This species occurs in the Upper Zambezi and Okavango Rivers,[2] in Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia and Zimbabwe.

[1] This species inhabits rocky areas of streams as well as large soft-bottomed lagoons in floodplains.

Its prefers the main channel of the rivers and has been recorded throughout the floodplain system It is a shoaling species which breeds in summer, most likely in flooded marginal habitats.

[2] It is greenish or silvery grey in colour with parallel lines along the body formed by the dark bases to the scales, it also has blackish membranes on the fins.

[2] The species' population in the Upper Zambezi has declined probably as a result of overexploitation by fisheries catching the fish on their spawning runs.