Enteromius stanleyi

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Enteromius stanleyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. stanleyi
Binomial name
Enteromius stanleyi
(Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1974)
Synonyms

Barbus stanleyi

Enteromius stanleyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is endemic to the Congo River system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

The fish was named in the memory of Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), "du grand explorateur" of the Congo River Basin. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus stanleyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182571A7917447. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182571A7917447.en .
  2. ↑ 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 1 October 2021.
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