Opsaridium boweni

Opsaridium boweni is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae. It is found in the Lulua River in Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Opsaridium boweni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Opsaridium
Species:	O. boweni
Binomial name
Opsaridium boweni Fowler, 1930 [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ornithologist Wilfrid Wedgwood Bowen (1899–1987), who collected the holotype specimen and several others which he obtained while a member of the Gray African Expedition.^[4]