Biology:Butterfly barb

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Butterfly barb
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. hulstaerti
Binomial name
Enteromius hulstaerti
(Poll, 1945)
Synonyms

Barbus hulstaerti Poll, 1945

The butterfly barb (Enteromius hulstaerti) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Révérend Père Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900-1990), an entomologist, botanist and missionary in the Belgian Congo, who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus hulstaerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182061A7806818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182061A7806818.en. 
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius hulstaerti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3240945 entry