Opsaridium leleupi
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| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Opsaridium leleupi
| display_parents = 3
| authority = (Matthes, 1965)
| synonyms = *Barilius leleupi Matthes, 1965
| synonyms_ref = {{Cof genus|genus=Opsaridium|access-date=5 February 2025}}
}}
Opsaridium leleupi is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae. It is found in the upper Lualaba River in Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{FishBase|Opsaridium|leleupi|month=October|year=2024}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of entomologist Narcisse Leleup (1912–2001), of the Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale, who collected the holotype specimen .{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/danionidae/ | title = Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios) | access-date= 6 February 2025 | 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}}
References
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Category:Fish described in 1965
Category:Taxa named by Hubert Matthes
Category:Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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