Enteromius evansi

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author = Da Costa, L. | year = 2007 | title = Barbus evansi | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | page = 2007: e.T63258A12646443 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63258A12646443.en | doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Enteromius evansi

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Fowler, 1930

| synonyms = *Barbus evansi Fowler, 1930

}}

Enteromius evansi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from the Catumbela and Kwanza river systems in Angola.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

Size

This species reaches a length of {{convert|4.1|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Enteromius |species= evansi| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of J. R. Evans, who accompanied Fowler on the Gray African Expedition in Angola.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/ | title = Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE | access-date = 7 October 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 4 May 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220504083757/https://etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/ | url-status = dead }}

References

Category:Endemic fauna of Angola

evansi

Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

Category:Fish described in 1930