Common name of Enteromius barnardi
 
Common name Blackback barb
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Zimbabwe
Locality
Ref. Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'barb', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979).
 
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