Enteromius brevidorsalis

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Enteromius brevidorsalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. brevidorsalis
Binomial name
Enteromius brevidorsalis
(Boulenger, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Barbus puellusNichols & Boulton, 1927
  • Barbus brevidorsalisBoulenger, 1915

Enteromius brevidorsalis (dwarf barb) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in southern central Africa in the upper Zambezi basin and nearby rivers. [1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 T. Moelants; D. Tweddle (2010). "Barbus brevidorsalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T181562A7679070. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181562A7679070.en .


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