Enteromius devosi

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Enteromius devosi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. devosi
Binomial name
Enteromius devosi
Synonyms

Barbus devosi Banyankimbona, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012

Enteromius devosi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius . [1] It is found in the Malagarasi River drainage in Burundi and Tanzania. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Luc De Vos (1957-2003), who was the first to recognize this species as undescribed and new to science. [3]


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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Enteromius devosi" in FishBase . March 2016 version.
  2. Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012. 'Barbus' devosi, new species from the Malagarazi River basin in Burundi and Tanzania, East Africa (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 23(2):181-192.
  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 7 October 2021.