Enteromius deserti
Enteromius deserti is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. It is found in permanent, spring fed oases and their associated temporary flows in wadis in the Tassili and Ahaggar mountains in southern Algeria. It formerly occurred in the Tibesti Mountains in southern Libya but are believed to have been extirpated from there.[1]
| Enteromius deserti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Enteromius |
| Species: | E. deserti |
| Binomial name | |
| Enteromius deserti (Pellegrin, 1909) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Barbus deserti Pellegrin, 1909 | |
Footnotes
- Azeroual, A (2010). "Barbus deserti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T182057A7782542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182057A7782542.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Enteromius deserti" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.