Day's baril

Barilius evezardi is a fish in genus Barilius of the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Maharashtra of India.

Day's baril
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barilius
Species:
B. evezardi
Binomial name
Barilius evezardi
F. Day, 1872[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Col. George C. Evezard (1826-1901) of the Bombay Staff Corps, who assisted in the collection of natural specimens in Puna, India.[3]

References

  1. Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Barilius evezardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172405A6885558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172405A6885558.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Barilius evezardi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.


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