Butterfly barb
The butterfly barb (Enteromius hulstaerti) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius. [2]
| Butterfly barb | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. hulstaerti |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius hulstaerti (Poll, 1945) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Barbus hulstaerti Poll, 1945 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Révérend Père Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900-1990), an entomologist, botanist and missionary in the Belgian Congo, who collected the type specimen.[4]
References
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus hulstaerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182061A7806818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182061A7806818.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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius hulstaerti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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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