Biology:Enteromius devosi

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Enteromius devosi
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Enteromius devosi
(Banyankimbona, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012)
Synonyms

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. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Enteromius devosi" in FishBase. March 2016 version.
  2. 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.
  3. "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