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Diagnostic Description

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Diagnosis: mouth terminal or superior; 1 pair of barbels; 5.5-6.5 scales between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin; 29-30 scales in lateral line; 14 circumpeduncular scales (Ref. 81639). Description: medium-sized; barbels measuring 0.33-0.50x eye diameter; scales with divergent striae; 4.5-5.5 scales between lateral line and mid-belly; 2.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic fin insertion; D: III,7; A: III,5; P: 16; V: 9; dorsal fin border slightly concave, last simple ray ossified, finely serrated posteriorly (Ref. 81639). Coloration: ground color brown dorsally, paler ventrally; black longitudinal line from opercular margin to end of caudal peduncle terminating in more or less distinct spot (Ref. 81639).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8
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Biology

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Maximum TL was recorded at 8.3 cm (Ref. 2801).
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Enteromius bourdariei

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Enteromius bourdariei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which ha so far only been recorded in the Noun River and Lake Monoun in Cameroon.[1][2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Paul Bourdarie (1864-1950), the co-founder and permanent secretary of l’Académie des Sciences Coloniales, now known as Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, a society dedicated to the history and geography of Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b T. Moelants (2010). "Barbus bourdariei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182608A7925192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182608A7925192.en.
  2. ^ De Weirdt, D., A. Getahun, S. Tshibwabwa and G.G. Teugels, 2007. Cyprinidae. p. 466-572. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius bourdariei" in 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. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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Enteromius bourdariei: Brief Summary

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Enteromius bourdariei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which ha so far only been recorded in the Noun River and Lake Monoun in Cameroon.

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