Raiamas batesii

Raiamas batesii
Barilius batesii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Raiamas
Species:	R. batesii
Binomial name
Raiamas batesii (Boulenger, 1914) [2]
Synonyms
Barilius batesiiBoulenger, 1914

Raiamas batesii is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Raiamas . It occurs in the Dja River, Sanaga River and Nyong River in Cameroon where it forms part of a fishery. ^{[3] [1]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of an American farmer and amateur ornithologist, George Latimer Bates (1863–1940), who collected specimens for the Natural History Museum in the Cameroons, including the holotype specimen of this species. ^[4]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Raiamas batesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T181709A7710657. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181709A7710657.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Raiamas batesii". FishBase .
3. 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
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.