Biology:Enteromius stanleyi

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Short description: Species of fish

Enteromius stanleyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. stanleyi
Binomial name
Enteromius stanleyi
(Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1974)
Synonyms

Barbus stanleyi

Enteromius stanleyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is endemic to the Congo River system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

The fish was named in the memory of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), “du grand explorateur” of the Congo River Basin.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus stanleyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182571A7917447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182571A7917447.en. 
  2. "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 ☰ Q2196817 entry