Enteromius greenwoodi
Enteromius greenwoodi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola.
| Enteromius greenwoodi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. greenwoodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius greenwoodi (Poll, 1967) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Barbus greenwoodi Poll, 1967 | |
The fish is named in honor of Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995), the Curator of the Fish Section of the British Museum (Natural History), and author of many papers on African fishes in general and Enteromius in particular.[2]
Footnotes
- Da Costa, L. (2007). "Barbus greenwoodi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T63260A12646595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63260A12646595.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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius greenwoodi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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