Spottail barb
# Spottail barb

Spottail barb (Enteromius afrovernayi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius. It has a wide distribution in western central Africa and is found from the Democratic Republic of Congo south through Angola, Zambia northern Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

The fish is named in honor of Arthur S. Vernay (1877–1960), an art and antiques dealer, who as a big game hunter and naturalist-explorer, funded and led an American Museum of Natural History expedition to the African country of Angola.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Marshall, B.; Moelants, T.; Tweddle, D. (2018). "Enteromius afrovernayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T63246A126325133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63246A126325133.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.|date= / |doi= mismatch
* ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enteromius afrovernayi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
* ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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