Enteromius brazzai

Enteromius brazzai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in the central Congo Basin and some other rivers in Gabon, Central African Republic and Cameroon.^[1][2]

Enteromius brazzai
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Enteromius
Species:	E. brazzai
Binomial name
Enteromius brazzai (Pellegrin, 1901)
Synonyms
Barbus brazzai Pellegrin, 1901 Barbus alvarezi Roman, 1971 Barbus tshopoensis De Vos, 1991

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), who collected the type specimen.^[4]

References

1. T. Moelants (2010). "Barbus brazzai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182718A7951209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182718A7951209.en.
2. De Weirdt, D., A. Getahun, S. Tshibwabwa and G.G. Teugels, 2007. Cyprinidae. p. 466-572. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius brazzai". 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. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2021.