Biology:Enteromius diamouanganai

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Enteromius diamouanganai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. diamouanganai
Binomial name
Enteromius diamouanganai
Teugels & Mamonekene, 1992
Synonyms

Barbus diamouanganai Tegels & Mamonekene, 1992

Enteromius diamouanganai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in rivers in the Congo and Gabon.[1][2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.3 cm (4.4 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ecologist Jean Diamouangana, who was the UNESCO National Project Director in Mayombe, Congo, who supported the authors’ work.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus diamouanganai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182190A7828403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182190A7828403.en. 
  2. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1999. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius diamouanganai" 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 ☰ Q2471046 entry