Enteromius bourdariei
Enteromius bourdariei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which ha so far only been recorded in the Noun River and Lake Monoun in Cameroon.[1]
| Enteromius bourdariei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. bourdariei |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius bourdariei (Pellegrin, 1928) | |
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The fish is named in honor of Paul Bourdarie (1864-1950), the co-founder and permanent secretary of l’Académie des Sciences Coloniales, now known as l’Académie des sciences d’outre-mer, a society dedicated to the history and geography of Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania.[2]
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius bourdariei" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
References
- T. Moelants (2010). "Barbus bourdariei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182608A7925192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182608A7925192.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.
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