Raiamas batesii

Raiamas batesii is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Raiamas. It occurs in the Dja River, Sanaga River and Nyong River in Cameroon where it forms part of a fishery.^[3][1]

Raiamas batesii
Barilius batesii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Raiamas
Species:	R. batesii
Binomial name
Raiamas batesii (Boulenger, 1914)[2]
Synonyms
Barilius batesii Boulenger, 1914

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of an American farmer and amateur ornithologist, George Latimer Bates (1863–1940), who collected specimens for the Natural History Museum in the Cameroons, including the holotype specimen of this species.^[4]