Raiamas steindachneri

Raiamas steindachneri
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. steindachneri
Binomial name
Raiamas steindachneri (Pellegrin, 1908) [2]
Synonyms
Barilius steindachneriPellegrin, 1908 Barilius silexSchultz, 1942

Raiamas steindachneri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas . ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist-herpetologist Franz Steindachner (1834–1919), the director of the Imperial Natural History Museum of Vienna. ^[4]

References

1. Diallo, I.; Olaosebikan, B.D. (2020). "Raiamas steindachneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T182235A134946631. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T182235A134946631.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Raiamas steindachneri". FishBase .
3. Lévêque, C., 2003. Cyprinidae. p. 322-436. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p.
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.