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Diagnostic Description

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Diagnosis: mouth inferior; two pairs of short barbels; anterior pair 1.33x eye diameter, posterior pair 1.85x eye diameter; lateral line complete; 25-29 scales in lateral line; 4.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 4.5 scales between lateral line and mid-ventral line; 12 scales around caudal peduncle; last simple ray of dorsal fin flexible and not serrated; no striping or spotting on sides; black spot at base of dorsal fin (Ref. 81639).Description: small species; pit-lines on head not very clearly marked; 2.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic fin insertion; D:III,8; A:III,5; P:15-16; V:10; dorsal fin with slighlty concave border, last simple ray flexible, not serrated, little longer than head (Ref. 81639).Coloration: body ground color greenish silvery dorsally, silvery pale yellow ventrally; opercle golden brown; nearly rectangular black spot on anterior part of dorsal fin base; preserved specimens with silver line on flanks; scales borders, scattered with melanophores, forming reticulated pattern (Ref. 81639).
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Morphology

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

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Maximum TL was recorded at 8.0 cm (Ref. 2801).
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Enteromius brichardi

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Enteromius brichardi is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of African aquarium-fish exporter Pierre Brichard (1921-1990), who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2018). "Enteromius brichardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T182449A126346226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T182449A126346226.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Enteromius brichardi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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Enteromius brichardi: Brief Summary

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Enteromius brichardi is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.

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