Enteromius greenwoodi
Appearance
Enteromius greenwoodi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Enteromius |
Species: | E. greenwoodi
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Binomial name | |
Enteromius greenwoodi (Poll, 1967)
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Synonyms | |
Barbus greenwoodi Poll, 1967 |
Enteromius greenwoodi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola.[2]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).[3]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995), the Curator of the Fish Section of the British Museum (Natural History), and author of many papers on African fishes in general and Enteromius in particular.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Da Costa, L. (2007). "Barbus greenwoodi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T63260A12646595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63260A12646595.en.
- ^ Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius greenwoodi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2021.