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Enteromius devosi

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Enteromius devosi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. devosi
Binomial name
Enteromius devosi
Synonyms

Barbus devosi Banyankimbona, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012

Enteromius devosi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.[1] It is found in the Malagarasi River drainage in Burundi and Tanzania.[2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[1]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Luc De Vos (1957-2003), who was the first to recognize this species as undescribed and new to science.[3]


References

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  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius devosi". FishBase. March 2016 version.
  2. Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012. 'Barbus' devosi, new species from the Malagarazi River basin in Burundi and Tanzania, East Africa (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 23(2):181-192.
  3. 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.