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Diagnostic Description

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Diagnosis: last simple dorsal-fin ray smooth on hind margin; scale formula 3.5/24-26/4.5; 2.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 12 scales around caudal peduncle; 8 branched dorsal fin rays; two long and unequal pairs of barbels; anterior barbel reaching to, or extending beyond, posterior half of eye/extending beyond hind margin of eye; posterior barbel extending beyond hind margin of eye; lateral line complete and weakly depressed below dorsal fin; maximum reported size 80 mm SL; well defined black spot on upper sides, at midpoint of distance between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin, and 3 large spots aligned along middle of sides; 2 dark bands on anterior part of body (1 above and one below lateral line) (Ref. 2940, 81282). Description: dorsal profile usually depressed behind head; D: III,8; A: III,5 (Ref. 2940, 81282).Coloration: back dark, belly light; 4 large, rounded black spots on sides: 1st on first lateral scales, 2nd above axis of other 3 and below dorsal-fin origin, 3rd behind vertical line from last dorsal-fin ray, 4th at end of caudal peduncle; dark band above and below lateral line, extending over 8-12 scales on anterior part of body; dorsal fin with small black spots, particularly at tips of 4th and 5th branched rays; unpaired fins reddish-orange in life, paired fins orange-pink (Ref. 2940, 81282).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8
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Biology

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Affinities: distinguished from other Barbus species by 4 spots on sides (Ref. 2940).
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Enteromius walkeri

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Enteromius walkeri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Ghana and the Ivory Coast where it is threatened by pollution and other activities around mining.[1][2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker (1832–1901), a British trader, an explorer, an anthropologist and a natural history collector in West Africa, who collected the holotype specimen.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Dankwa, H. (2020). "Barbus walkeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2020: e.T182336A134934854.
  2. ^ Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré, 1988. État des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins côtiers de Côte d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana. Rev. Hydrobiol. Trop. 21(3):221-237.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Enteromius walker" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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Enteromius walkeri: Brief Summary

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Enteromius walkeri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Ghana and the Ivory Coast where it is threatened by pollution and other activities around mining.

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