Enteromius huguenyi
Enteromius huguenyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.[2]
| Enteromius huguenyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. huguenyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius huguenyi (Bigorne & Lévêque, 1993) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Barbus huguenyi Bigorne & Lévêque, 1993 | |
It lives in freshwater in Guinea and Liberia.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Bernard Hugueny, ecologist and limnologist, at the IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris).[4]
References
- Diallo, I. (2020). "Barbus huguenyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2020: e.T182715A126380706.
- Bigorne, R. and C. Lévêque, 1993. Description de deux nouveaux Barbus (Cyprinidae) de la région du Mont Nimba en Guinée et au Liberia. Cybium 17(1):63-70.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius huguenyi" 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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