Enteromius wellmani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is only found in the upper reaches of the Cuvo River system in Angola.[1][2]
| Enteromius wellmani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. wellmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius wellmani (Boulenger, 1911)
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Size edit
This species reaches a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of American medical missionary and tropical medicine specialist Frederick Creighton Wellman (1871–1960), who collected the holotype specimen.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Da Costa, L. (2007). "Barbus wellmani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T63278A12630278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63278A12630278.en.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius wellmani" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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