Biology:Enteromius clauseni

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Enteromius clauseni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. clauseni
Binomial name
Enteromius clauseni
(Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976)
Synonyms

Barbus clauseni Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976

Enteromius clauseni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is known from only a single location on the Yewa River in Nigeria and Benin.[1][2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Herluf Stenholt Clausen who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Olaosebikan, B.D.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Enteromius clauseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T182195A126357770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182195A126357770.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/182195/126357770. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius clauseni" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J.. "Order CYPRINIFORMES". The ETYFish Project. https://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1806918 entry