Enteromius huguenyi explained

Enteromius huguenyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.[1]

It lives in freshwater in Guinea and Liberia.

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.3cm (02.1inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Bernard Hugueny, ecologist and limnologist, at the IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Bigorne, R. and C. Lévêque, 1993. Description de deux nouveaux Barbus (Cyprinidae) de la région du Mont Nimba en Guinée et au Liberia. Cybium 17(1):63-70.
  2. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE . 7 October 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 4 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504083757/https://etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/ . dead .

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