Hamilton's barb
Hamilton's barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni), also known as the plump barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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