Biology:Enteromius brazzai
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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. brazzai
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius brazzai (Pellegrin, 1901)
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Enteromius brazzai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in the central Congo Basin and some other rivers in Gabon, Central African Republic and Cameroon.[1][2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), who collected the type specimen.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 T. Moelants (2010). "Barbus brazzai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182718A7951209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182718A7951209.en.
- ↑ De Weirdt, D., A. Getahun, S. Tshibwabwa and G.G. Teugels, 2007. Cyprinidae. p. 466-572. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius brazzai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q2448308 entry
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