Enteromius salessei

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Enteromius salessei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. salessei
Binomial name
Enteromius salessei
(Pellegrin, 1908)
Synonyms

Barbus salessei

Enteromius salessei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is found in the upper reaches of rivers in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Its populations are threatened by deforestation, urbanisation, water pollution and sedimentation. [1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Diallo, I. (2020). "Barbus salessei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2020:e.T181743A134933245.


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