Biology:Enteromius
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Short description: Genus of cyprinid fishes
| Enteromius | |
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| African banded barb (Enteromius fasciolatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius Cope, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Enteromius potamogalis Cope, 1867
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Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.
Several species are only known from the type specimens, and their status and continuing existence must be confirmed. As many of these are from Lake Victoria, which underwent massive ecological upheaval after Nile perch (Lates nilosus) were introduced, some of them likely have not survived, either.
Species
Species in this genus are:[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Enteromius in FishBase. October 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q23072870 entry
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