Enteromius stanleyi
Enteromius stanleyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is endemic to the Congo River system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
| Enteromius stanleyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. stanleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius stanleyi (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Barbus stanleyi | |
The fish was named in the memory of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), “du grand explorateur” of the Congo River Basin.[2]
Footnotes
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus stanleyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182571A7917447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182571A7917447.en.
- 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 1 October 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius stanleyi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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