coppernose barb
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Coppernose barb
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Raiamas
| species = christyi
| display_parents = 3
| authority = (Boulenger, 1920){{fishBase|Raiamas|christyi}}
| synonyms =
- Barilius christyi Boulenger, 1920
- Opsaridium christyi (Boulenger, 1920)
}}
The coppernose barb (Raiamas christyi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This fish is found in the Congo River system in Africa.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
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Cuthbert Christy (1863– 1932), an English physician who specialized in learning about sleeping sickness, he was also a zoologist, an explorer, and the Director of the Congo Museum (Tervuren, Belgium), who was the one 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}}
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Category:Cyprinid fish of Africa
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Category:Fish described in 1920
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