Biology:Enteromius devosi
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Short description: Species of fish
| Enteromius devosi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. devosi
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius devosi (Banyankimbona, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012)
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| Synonyms | |
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Barbus devosi Banyankimbona, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012 | |
Enteromius devosi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.[1] It is found in the Malagarasi River drainage in Burundi and Tanzania.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Luc De Vos (1957-2003), who was the first to recognize this species as undescribed and new to science.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Enteromius devosi" in FishBase. March 2016 version.
- ↑ Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012. 'Barbus' devosi, new species from the Malagarazi River basin in Burundi and Tanzania, East Africa (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 23(2):181-192.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q28531876 entry
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