Enteromius ansorgii

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Enteromius ansorgii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. ansorgii
Binomial name
Enteromius ansorgii
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Barbus ansorgiiBoulenger, 1904

Enteromius ansorgii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius . [2] It is endemic to Angola. [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of explorer William John Ansorge (1850-1913), who collected the type specimen. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 da Costa, L.; Moelants, T. (2018). "Enteromius ansorgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T182976A126327075. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T182976A126327075.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius ansorgii". 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 6 October 2021.



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