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Hamilton's barb

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Species of fish

Hamilton's barb
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species: E. afrohamiltoni
Binomial name
Enteromius afrohamiltoni
Crass, 1960
Synonyms

Hamilton's barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni), also known as the plump barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Lt.-Col. J. Stevenson Hamilton, a warden at Kruger National Park, who collected the type specimen.

Footnotes

  1. Bills, R.; Cambray, J.; Engelbrecht, J.; Kazembe, J.; Marshall, B.; Moelants, T.; Vreven, E. (2018). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T63401A126210125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T63401A126210125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 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 6 October 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Barbus afrohamiltoni


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