Raiamas buchholzi

Raiamas buchholzi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Raiamas
Species:	R. buchholzi
Binomial name
Raiamas buchholzi (W. K. H. Peters, 1876) [2]
Synonyms
Opsaridium buchholziPeters, 1876 Barilius buchholzi(Peters, 1876) Opsaridium fasciatumVaillant, 1886 Barilius kingsleyaeBoulenger, 1899

Raiamas buchholzi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the German physician, zoologist and explorer Reinhold Buchholz (1837–1876), who discovered this species in his travels. ^[3]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Raiamas buchholzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T182502A7899131. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182502A7899131.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Raiamas buchholzi". FishBase .
3. 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.