Enteromius diamouanganai

Enteromius diamouanganai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in rivers in the Congo and Gabon.[1][2]

Enteromius diamouanganai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. diamouanganai
Binomial name
Enteromius diamouanganai
Teugels & Mamonekene, 1992
Synonyms

Barbus diamouanganai Tegels & Mamonekene, 1992

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.3 cm (4.4 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ecologist Jean Diamouangana, who was the UNESCO National Project Director in Mayombe, Congo, who supported the authors’ work.[4]

References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus diamouanganai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182190A7828403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182190A7828403.en.
  2. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1999. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius diamouanganai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. 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 7 October 2021.



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