Opsaridium loveridgii

Opsaridium loveridgii is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae. It is found only in Tanzania.^[3] Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

Opsaridium loveridgii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Opsaridium
Species:	O. loveridgii
Binomial name
Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman, 1922)
Synonyms[2]
Barilius loveridgii Norman, 1922

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of British herpetologist-ornithologist Arthur Loveridge (1891–1980), who presented the holotype specimen to the British Museum of Natural History.^[4]