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

Enteromius
African banded barb (Enteromius fasciolatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Cope, 1867
Type species
Enteromius potamogalis
Cope, 1867

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 edit

Species in this genus are:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Enteromius in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.