Species of fish
Enteromius devosi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.[1] It is found in the Malagarasi River drainage in Burundi and Tanzania.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Luc De Vos (1957-2003), who was the first to recognize this species as undescribed and new to science.[3]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Enteromius devosi" in FishBase. March 2016 version.
- ^ Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012. 'Barbus' devosi, new species from the Malagarazi River basin in Burundi and Tanzania, East Africa (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 23(2):181-192.
- ^ 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.
