Enteromius wellmani

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Enteromius wellmani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. wellmani
Binomial name
Enteromius wellmani
(Boulenger, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Barbus wellmaniBoulenger

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. [1] [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of American medical missionary and tropical medicine specialist Frederick Creighton Wellman (1871–1960), who collected the holotype specimen. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Da Costa, L. (2007). "Barbus wellmani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T63278A12630278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63278A12630278.en.
  2. Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius wellmani" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.