Biology:Enteromius greenwoodi

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Enteromius greenwoodi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. greenwoodi
Binomial name
Enteromius greenwoodi
(Poll, 1967)
Synonyms

Barbus greenwoodi Poll, 1967

Enteromius greenwoodi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995), the Curator of the Fish Section of the British Museum (Natural History), and author of many papers on African fishes in general and Enteromius in particular.[4]

References

  1. Da Costa, L. (2007). "Barbus greenwoodi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T63260A12646595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63260A12646595.en. 
  2. Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius greenwoodi" 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 ☰ Q2065873 entry