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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Enteromius: Greek, enteron = intestine + Greek, myo, mys = muscle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jacques Fernand de Rohan-Chabot, Comte de Jarnac (1889–1958), was a French explorer who led the Rohan-Chabot expedition to Angola and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe/Zambia) (1912–1914). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Issue
Probably a synonym of Enteromius mattozi (Ref. 120641).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: only known from the type locality (Ref. 2801). Likely taken from the Caculovar River, a tributary of the Cunene in Angola, and not from the Lomba (neither the Zambezi as Pellegrin 1921 claimed, nor the Longa coastal Atlantic as suggested by Ref. 11970)(Ref. 120641).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 2801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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