Butterfly barb

The butterfly barb (Enteromius hulstaerti) is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Enteromius. ^[2]

Butterfly 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. hulstaerti
Binomial name
Enteromius hulstaerti (Poll, 1945)
Synonyms
Barbus hulstaerti Poll, 1945

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).^[3]

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.^[4]