Enteromius loveridgii | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
Genus: | Enteromius |
Species: | E. loveridgii |
Binomial name | |
Enteromius loveridgii (Boulenger, 1916) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Barbus loveridgiiBoulenger, 1916 |
Enteromius loveridgii is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Kenya. Its natural habitat is the Lake Victoria basin, where it only occurs in 5-10 locations.
Enteromius choloensis, or the silver barb, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Enteromius lornae is a species of cyprinid fish.
The Bunjako barb is a species of cyprinid fish.
The olivegreen ufipa barb is an East-African species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Enteromius quadrilineatus is a cyprinid fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Burundi and Tanzania.
The Lake Turkana barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is considered a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.
The Victoria barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Kenya. Its natural habitat is Lake Victoria. Its status is insufficiently known, and only two specimens have been collected.
The Nzoia barb is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found in the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in Kenya and Uganda. It can grow to 5.6 cm (2.2 in) standard length.
Enteromius anniae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. It has only been recorded from the River Koumba, a tributary of the Tominé/Corubal River in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Enteromius baudoni is a species of tropical cyprinid freshwater fish from Central and Western Africa. It is found in western Africa, in the river basins of the Chad Basin, the Volta basin, the Niger River basin, the Gambia River basin, the Senegal River basin, the Sassandra River basin, and the Bandama River basin. In central Africa, it is found in the Ubangui River ecosystem. It typically inhabits tropical freshwater ecosystems between 24 and 26 °C. It was originally described by Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger as Barbus baudoni in 1918, and the holotype, collected from Bangui, Central African Republic, is stored at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. The species was originally classified in the Barbus genus, but was reclassified as belonging to the Enteromius genus in 2015 after examining extensive taxon, geographical, and genomic sampling of the species in the family Cyprinidae.
Enteromius trinotatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is only found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Enteromius wellmani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is only found in the upper reaches of the Cuvo River system in Angola.
The chubbyhead barb is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. The fish is found throughout South Africa in a variety of aquatic environments. The species is notable for its two breeding seasons, which allows it to flourish despite a short lifespan.
The African redfinned barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. It is found from the Niger Delta to the Congo Basin.
Enteromius alberti, the Luambwa barb, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius which is found in the river systems throughout the Lake Edward basin and Lake Victoria basin.
The orangefin barb is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius. This species may actually be a species complex, it is widely distributed in southern and central Africa. It is caught as food and kept as an ornamental fish in hobby aquariums. It grows to 14 cm SL, but is generally around 9 cm.
Jae barb or Dja barb,, is a species of cyprinid fish which like other sub-Saharan "barbs" was formerly placed in the genus Barbus, it has now been reallocated to Enteromius.
The gillbar barb is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Enteromius traorei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which has only been recorded from the River Cavally in the Ivory Coast and which is threatened by deforestation.
Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.