Engraulicypris bredoi

Engraulicypris bredoi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Genus:	Engraulicypris
Species:	E. bredoi
Binomial name
Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945 [2]
Synonyms [3]
Mesobola bredoi (Poll, 1945) Neobola bredoi (Poll 1945)

Engraulicypris bredoi is an East African species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. ^[4] It is endemic to Lake Albert in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Belgian entomologist Hans J. Brédo (1903–1991), who collected the holotype specimen. ^[5]

References

1. Natugonza, V. & Musinguzi, L. (2022). "Engraulicypris bredoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T57506999A58341346. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T57506999A58341346.en . Retrieved 13 June 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Engraulicypris". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 January 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesobola bredoi". FishBase . October 2024 version.
4. Riddin, M.A.; Bills, I.R.; Villet, M.H. (2016). "Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)". ZooKeys (641): 121–150. Bibcode:2016ZooK..641..121R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10434 . PMID   28138294.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.