Hamilton's barb articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5

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Favors placid waters such as pans and large pools. Feeds on insects. Used as bait for tigerfish (Ref. 7248).

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bait: usually

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Hamilton's barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni), also known as the plump barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.

The fish is named in honor of Lt.-Col. J. Stevenson Hamilton, a warden at Kruger National Park, who collected the type specimen.^[2]

^ Bills, R.; Cambray, J.; Engelbrecht, J.; Kazembe, J.; Marshall, B.; Moelants, T.; Vreven, E. (2018). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T63401A126210125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T63401A126210125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ 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 6 October 2021.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius afrohamiltoni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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Hamilton's barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni), also known as the plump barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius.