Biology:Hamilton's barb

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Short description: Species of fish

Hamilton's barb
Enteromius afrohamiltoni.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. afrohamiltoni
Binomial name
Enteromius afrohamiltoni
Crass, 1960
Synonyms
  • Barbus afrohamiltoni Crass, 1960
  • Barbus hamiltoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913

Hamilton's barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni), also known as the plump barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Lt.-Col. J. Stevenson Hamilton, a warden at Kruger National Park, who collected the type specimen.[2]

Footnotes

  1. Bills, R.; Cambray, J.; Engelbrecht, J.; Kazembe, J.; Marshall, B.; Moelants, T.; Vreven, E. (2018). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T63401A126210125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T63401A126210125.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63401/126210125. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  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 ☰ Q1522447 entry