Enteromius brazzai
Enteromius brazzai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in the central Congo Basin and some other rivers in Gabon, Central African Republic and Cameroon.[1]
| Enteromius brazzai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. brazzai |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius brazzai (Pellegrin, 1901) | |
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The fish is named in honor of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- T. Moelants (2010). "Barbus brazzai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182718A7951209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182718A7951209.en.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius brazzai" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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