Southern barred minnow
| Southern barred minnow | |
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| Opsaridium peringueyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Opsaridium |
| Species: | O. peringueyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1913)
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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]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Opsaridium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opsaridium peringueyi". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ^ 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.