Raiamas marqueti

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Raiamas marqueti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Chedrinae
Genus: Raiamas
Species:
R. marqueti
Binomial name
Raiamas marqueti

Raiamas marqueti i is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. It is found on the right bank tributaries of Upper Congo River and the affluents of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Tanzania. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 19.7 cm (7.8 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Jean-Pierre Marquet, a technical assistant of the BTC (Belgian Technical Cooperation) project PRODEPAAK (Projet de Développement de la Pêche Artisanale et de l’Aquaculture au Katanga, 2008–2013), for his efforts in fish collecting, and who provided logistical support for the Katanga Expedition 2012, during which the holotype specimen was collected. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Raiamas marqueti". FishBase .
  2. ↑ Katemo Manda, B.; J. Snoeks; A. Chocha Manda; E. Vreven (2018). "Hidden species diversity in Raiamas salmolucius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Congo basin: two new species based on morphometric evidence". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 28 (4): 345–363.
  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.


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