Enteromius greenwoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. greenwoodi
Binomial name
Enteromius greenwoodi
(Poll, 1967)
Synonyms

Barbus greenwoodi Poll, 1967

Enteromius greenwoodi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Etymology

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.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius greenwoodi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. 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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