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Gillbar 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. kessleri
Binomial name
Enteromius kessleri
(Steindachner, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Puntius kessleri Steindachner, 1866
  • Barbus kessleri (Steindachner, 1866)
  • Barbus caudimacula Günther, 1868
  • Puntius caudimacula (Günther, 1868)

The gillbar barb (Enteromius kessleri) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.7 cm (3.0 in).

Etymology

The Etyfish Project states that the patronym not identified but probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Federovich Kessler (1815–1881), who described many more cyprinids.

References

  1. da Costa, L.; Moelants, T. (2018) . "Enteromius kessleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T182177A126392398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182177A126392398.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  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 kessleri". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.


Taxon identifiers
Barbus kessleri
Puntius kessleri
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