Enteromius bawkuensis

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Enteromius bawkuensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. bawkuensis
Binomial name
Enteromius bawkuensis
(A. J. Hopson, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Barbus bawkuensisHopson, 1965

Enteromius bawkuensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius . [2] It is only known from the White Volta and the Sokoto River, a tributary of the Niger in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Olaosebikan, B.D., Entsua-Mensah, M. & Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Enteromius bawkuensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T182800A126338909. Retrieved 17 July 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius bawkuensis". FishBase .