Biology:Enteromius greenwoodi
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| Enteromius greenwoodi | |
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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. greenwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius greenwoodi (Poll, 1967)
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Enteromius greenwoodi" 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 ☰ Q2065873 entry
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