Enteromius guildi

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Enteromius guildi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. guildi
Binomial name
Enteromius guildi
(Loiselle, 1973)
Synonyms

Barbus guildiLoiselle, 1973

Enteromius guildi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is found only in the upper reached of the River Hedjo on the border between Togo and Ghana. [1] [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Paul D. Guild (b. 1943), a Peace Corps colleague of the describer for three years in the Republic of Togo. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dankwa, H. (2020). "Barbus guildi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2020: e.T182773A126378042.
  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.) (2015). "Enteromius guildi" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. 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.