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Southern barred minnow

The southern barred minnow is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. This species is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini.

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Southern barred minnow
Opsaridium peringueyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Chedrinae
Genus: Opsaridium
Species:
O. peringueyi
Binomial name
Opsaridium peringueyi
Synonyms2
  • Barilius peringueyi Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1913

The southern barred minnow (Opsaridium peringueyi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. This species is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini.3

Barilius peringueyi source ↗

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French entomologist Louis Peringuey (1855–1924), the director of the South African Museum, in whose publication this species was described by the authors.4

References

References

  1. Roux, F.; Bills, R.; Engelbrecht, J.; Marshall, B. (2017). "Opsaridium peringueyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T15409A100169312. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15409A100169312.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Opsaridium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opsaridium peringueyi". FishBase. August 2011 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.