Enteromius

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Enteromius

Genus of cyprinid fishes

Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.

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Several species are only known from the type specimens, and their status and continuing existence must be confirmed. As many of these are from Lake Victoria, which underwent massive ecological upheaval after Nile perch (Lates nilosus) were introduced, some of them likely have not survived, either.

Species

Species in this genus are:[1]

References

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  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Enteromius in FishBase. October 2016 version.
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    Banyankimbona, G., Vreven, E. & Snoeks, J. (2012): ‘Barbus’ devosi, new species from the Malagarazi River basin in Burundi and Tanzania, East Africa (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 181-192.
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    Mipounga, Hans Kevin; Cutler, Joseph; Beh, Jean Hervé Mve; Adam, Benjamin; Sidlauskas, Brian L. (2020). "Enteromius pinnimaculatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Gabon". Journal of Fish Biology. 96 (5): 1218–1233. doi:10.1111/jfb.13995. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 31042007. S2CID 141463518.
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    Bamba, M., Vreven, E.J. & Snoeks, J. (2011): Description of Barbus teugelsi sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Little Scarcies basin in Guinea, Africa. Zootaxa, 2998: 48–65.
  5. [5]
    Stiassny, M.L.J., Liyandja, T.L.D. & Monsembula Iyaba, R.J.C. (2016): A New Small Barb (Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) from the N'sele and Mayi Ndombe Rivers in the Lower Reaches of the Middle Congo Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa). American Museum Novitates, 3848: 1-15.
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    "A New Small Barb (Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) from the Louesse, Lekoumou (upper Niari basin), and Djoulou (upper Ogowe basin) rivers in the Republic of Congo, west-central Africa". Novataxa. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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