Opsaridium leleupi

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

Opsaridium leleupi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Opsaridium
Species:	O. leleupi
Binomial name
Opsaridium leleupi (Matthes, 1965)
Synonyms[2]
Barilius leleupi Matthes, 1965

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Narcisse Leleup (1912–2001), of the Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale, who collected the holotype specimen .^[4]