Enteromius

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Enteromius
File:Barbus fasciolatus.jpg
African banded barb (Enteromius fasciolatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Enteromius
Cope, 1867[1]
Type species
Enteromius potamogalis
Cope, 1867[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Afropuntius Karaman, 1971
  • Pellegrin, 1935 Whitley, 1953
  • Pellegrin, 1933 Parapuntius
  • Hemigrammocapoeta Karaman, 1971
  • Beirabarbus Estève, 1952
  • Fowler, 1936 Hemigrammopuntius
  • Agrammobarbus Herre, 1936
  • Pellegrin, 1923 Mannichthys
  • Estevea Schultz, 1942
  • Vanderbiltella Nicholsopuntius

Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.

Several species are only known from the type specimens, and their status and continuing existence must be confirmed. As many of these are from Lake Victoria, which underwent massive ecological upheaval after Nile perch (Lates nilosus) were introduced, some of them likely have not survived, either.

Species

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Species in this genus are:[2]

References

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