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Enteromius boboi

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Species of fish

Enteromius boboi
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Enteromius
Species: E. boboi
Binomial name
Enteromius boboi
L. P. Schultz, 1942
Synonyms
  • Barbus boboi Schultz, 1942

Enteromius boboi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is endemic to the River Farmington in the Gibi mountains of Liberia.

Named in honor of one of the local men who helped William M. Munn, the director of the National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.), collect fishes in Liberia.


References

  1. ^ M. Entsua-Mensah (2010). "Barbus boboi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T181722A7714422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181722A7714422.en.
  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 7 October 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Barbus boboi


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