Butterfly barb

Butterfly barb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species:
E. hulstaerti
Binomial name
Enteromius hulstaerti
(Poll, 1945)
Synonyms

Barbus hulstaerti Poll, 1945

The butterfly barb (Enteromius hulstaerti) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius.

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Révérend Père Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900–1990), an entomologist, botanist and missionary in the Belgian Congo, who collected the type specimen.

References

  1. ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Barbus hulstaerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182061A7806818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182061A7806818.en.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius hulstaerti". 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.