Enteromius atkinsoni (Bailey, 1969)

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Barbus atkinsoni : Bailey, 1969 a : 92, fig, 2 (senior synonym)Notes on certain small Barbus (Cyprinidae) from Tanzania, East Africa, with a description of a new species. | Mann, 1971 : 29Some taxonomical notes on the fish fauna of the Baringo area. | Tweddle & Willoughby, 1978 : 2, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 (senior synonym)Electrofishing survey of the affluent streams of Lake Malawi in the Viphya-Chintheche area. | Furse et al., 1979 : 178Fishes : distribution and biology in relation to change. | Tweddle, 1979 : 178, 180, 182 (senior synonym)The zoogeography of the fish fauna of the Lake Chilwa basin. | Tweddle et al., 1979 : 8 (senior synonym)1. The nature of the Barrier separating the Lake Malawi and Zambezi fish faunas. | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 229 (senior synonym)29. Cyprinidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 118 (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Skelton, 1993 a : 4, 8, 20 (senior synonym)Scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes. | Skelton, 1994 : 125, 128 (senior synonym)Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southern Africa. | Farm, 2000 : 979 (senior synonym)New 'Barbus' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. | Snoeks, 2004 : 21 (senior synonym)The non-cichlid fishes of the Lake Malawi system: a compilation..
Enteromius atkinsoni : Yang et al., 2015 : 112Phylogeny and polyploidy: resolving the classification of cyprinine fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). | Hayes & Armbruster, 2017 : 351The taxonomy and relationships of the African small barbs (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). | Maetens et al., 2020 : 15, 18Revalidation of Enteromius alberti and presence of Enteromius cf. mimus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Lake Edward system, East Africa..

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Common names : Streeppunt-ghieliemientjie (Afrikaans), Parmicka Atkinsonova (Czech), Dash-dot barb (English), Atkinsoni pardkala (Estonian) .
Current distribution known : occurs in the streams around Lake Malawi but does not occur in the lake itself. It also occurs in the Middle Shire River as well as Lakes Chiuta, streams of Lake Chilwa and in the River Ruo at the base of Mulanje Mountain. It is also found in the Rufiji system and Ruaha tributary .
Genetics : Yang et al., 2015 .
Habitat / home range : occurs in sheltered weedy areas of streams and pools on the lakeshore plain. In Lake Chiuta it prefers weedy sheltered areas bordering fast flowing clear well oxygenated waters. This species is known especially in the northern streams of the lake (not recorded south of Linthipe river in Lake Malawi catchment) .
Phylogeny : Yang et al., 2015 .
Size : 32 mm SL .
Types :
- Barbus atkinsoni Bailey, 1969 a: 92, fig. 2. Type locality: "From a pool in the flood plain of the River Kilombero near Ifakara, Rufifi system, Tanzania". Holotype BMNH n° 1969.6.5: 1; paratypes BMNH n° 1969. 6.5: 2-10 and 11-24.