Enteromius aloyi

Enteromius aloyi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Enteromius
Species:	E. aloyi
Binomial name
Enteromius aloyi Román, 1971
Synonyms
Barbus aloyiRomán 1971

Enteromius aloyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius . ^[2] It is known only from its type locality on the Ntem River, Equatorial Guinea.

The fish is named in honor of Isidro Aloy (b. 1925) a Spanish biologist, who taught mathematics as a missionary. ^[3]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2018) [amended version of 2010 assessment]. "Enteromius aloyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T182892A126330813. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182892A126330813.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius aloyi". FishBase .
3. 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. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

Hayes, Malorie M., and Jonathan W. Armbruster. "The Taxonomy and Relationships of the African Small Barbs (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)." Copeia 105, no. 2 (2017): 348–62. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26872438.

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. (Ref. 2801)