Enteromius diamouanganai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in rivers in the Congo and Gabon.[1][2]
| Enteromius diamouanganai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. diamouanganai
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius diamouanganai Teugels & Mamonekene, 1992
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| Synonyms | |
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Barbus diamouanganai Tegels & Mamonekene, 1992 | |
Size edit
This species reaches a length of 11.3 cm (4.4 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of ecologist Jean Diamouangana, who was the UNESCO National Project Director in Mayombe, Congo, who supported the authors’ work.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus diamouanganai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182190A7828403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182190A7828403.en.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1999. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius diamouanganai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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