Enteromius bigornei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Enteromius |
Species: | E. bigornei
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Binomial name | |
Enteromius bigornei (Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988)
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Synonyms | |
Barbus bigornei Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988 |
Enteromius bigornei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius, it is only found in Little Scarcies basin in Sierra Leone, western Côte d'Ivoire, and eastern Liberia.[1][2]
This species reaches a length of 11.4 cm (4.5 in).[3]
The fish is named in honor of Rémy Bigorne (b. 1954), an ichthyologist, of ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d’Outre-Mer).[4]