Raiamas levequei

Raiamas levequei
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Raiamas
Species:	R. levequei
Binomial name
Raiamas levequei Howes & Teugels, 1989 [2]

Raiamas levequei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas which is found in Guinea.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French ichthyologist-hydrobiologist Christian Lévêque, of ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d’Outre-Mer), who collected the holotype specimen. ^[3]

References

1. Diallo, I. (2020). "Raiamas levequei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T182737A134945614. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T182737A134945614.en . Retrieved 14 January 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Raiamas levequei". 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.