Barbus_arambourgi

<i>Enteromius arambourgi</i>

Enteromius arambourgi

Species of fish

Enteromius arambourgi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. It is endemic to Ethiopia. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of vertebrate paleontologist Camille Arambourg (1885-1970), who conducted field work in North Africa including Ethiopia, where this barb is endemic.[3]


References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius arambourgi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. [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 6 October 2021.


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