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Butterfly barb

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ3240945 ↗
Source-derived summary

The butterfly barb (Enteromius hulstaerti) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius.

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Révérend Père Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900–1990), an entomologist, botanist and missionary in the Belgian Congo, who collected the type specimen.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 26, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3240945. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1900 and 1990.

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This entry incorporates text from “Butterfly barb” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.