Raiamas kheeli

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| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Raiamas kheeli

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| authority = Stiassny, Schelly & Schliewen, 2006{{fishBase|Raiamas|kheeli}}

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Raiamas kheeli is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Raiamas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of American attorney and labor mediator Theodore W. Kheel (1914–2010), because of his “enduring support for nature conservation and sustainable development around the globe”. In 1991, Kheel founded the Nurture Nature Foundation to help resolve the conflict between environmental protection groups and economic development.{{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

kheeli

Category:Fish described in 2006

Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo