Hamilton's barb

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

Hamilton's barb
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Enteromius
Species:	E. afrohamiltoni
Binomial name
Enteromius afrohamiltoni Crass, 1960
Synonyms
Barbus afrohamiltoni Crass, 1960 Barbus hamiltoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913

Etymology

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