Opsaridium loveridgii

Opsaridium loveridgii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Opsaridium
Species:	O. loveridgii
Binomial name
Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman, 1922)
Synonyms [2]
Barilius loveridgiiNorman, 1922

Opsaridium loveridgii is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae. It is found only in Tanzania. ^[3] Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of British herpetologist-ornithologist Arthur Loveridge (1891–1980), who presented the holotype specimen to the British Museum of Natural History. ^[4]

References

1. Vreven, E. (2006). "Opsaridium loveridgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T60449A12367999. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60449A12367999.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Opsaridium". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opsaridium loveridgii". FishBase . October 2024 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.