Enteromius walkeri explained

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]

Size

This species reaches a length of 10cm (00inches).

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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs) . 22 April 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.