Enteromius clauseni

Enteromius clauseni
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Enteromius
Species:	E. clauseni
Binomial name
Enteromius clauseni (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976)
Synonyms
Barbus clauseniThys van den Audenaerde, 1976

Enteromius clauseni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is known from only a single location on the Yewa River in Nigeria and Benin. ^{[1] [2]}

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Herluf Stenholt Clausen who collected the type specimen. ^[4]

References

1. Olaosebikan, B.D.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Enteromius clauseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T182195A126357770. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182195A126357770.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius clauseni". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. "Order CYPRINIFORMES". The ETYFish Project. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2020-01-30.