| Enteromius boboi | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius boboi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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