Biology:Hamilton's barb
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. afrohamiltoni
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| Enteromius afrohamiltoni Crass, 1960
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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/.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1522447 entry
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