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Enteromius clauseni

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Enteromius clauseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. clauseni
Binomial name
Enteromius clauseni
Synonyms

Barbus clauseni Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976

Enteromius clauseni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is known from only a single location on the Yewa River in Nigeria and Benin.[1][2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Herluf Stenholt Clausen who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Olaosebikan, B.D.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Enteromius clauseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182195A126357770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182195A126357770.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius clauseni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. "Order CYPRINIFORMES". The ETYFish Project. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2020-01-30.