Enteromius yongei (Whitehead, 1960)

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Barbus yongei : Whitehead, 1960 c : 113 (senior synonym)Three new cyprinid fishes of the genus Barbus from the Lake Victoria basin. | Mann, 1971 : 29 (senior synonym)Some taxonomical notes on the fish fauna of the Baringo area. | Balirwa, 1979 : 65, 66, 69, 70, fig. 2D (senior synonym)A contribution to the study of the food of six cyprinid fishes in three areas of the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa. | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 297 (senior synonym)29. Cyprinidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 120 (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Mugo & Tweddle, 1999 : 109, 123, 124 (senior synonym)Preliminary survey of the fish and fisheries of the Nzoia, Nyando and Sondu Miriu rivers, Kenya. | Seegers et al., 2003 : 33 (as 'Barbus' yongei) (senior synonym)Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). | Nyingi, 2013 : 53, fig. (senior synonym)Guide to common freshwater fishes of Kenya..
Enteromius yongei : Yang et al., 2015 : 112Phylogeny and polyploidy: resolving the classification of cyprinine fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). | Neumann et al., 2016 : 294, 314Annotated checklist for fishes of the Main Nile Basin in the Sudan and Egypt based on recent specimen records (2006-2015). | Hayes & Armbruster, 2017 : 356The taxonomy and relationships of the African small barbs (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). | Ndeda et al., 2018 : 7, 9, 15, 16Evolution of African barbs from the Lake Victoria drainage system, Kenya. | Achieng et al., 2020 : 3, 4Fish assemblages and size-spectra variation among rivers of Lake Victoria. Basin, Kenya. | Maetens et al., 2020 : 16, 18, 23Revalidation of Enteromius alberti and presence of Enteromius cf. mimus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Lake Edward system, East Africa. | Akoth et al., 2023 : 9The non-Haplochromis fish fauna in Uganda: an update on the distribution and a review of data gaps..

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Common names : Parmicka Yongova (Czech), Nzoia barb (English), Nzoia pardkala (Estonian), Adel (Luo: Kenya) .
Current distribution known : confined to the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga drainage basins. It has been reported from the Nzoia, Kuja, Sondu Miriu and Nyando Rivers, all affluents of Lake Victoria in the Nyanza province in Kenya. Also found in Uganda: in the Malawa River and in the Aswa River, 20 miles north of Soroti .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds on debris, algae, higher plant material, insects and other organisms .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Balirwa, 1979 .
Genetics : Ndeda et al., 2018 | Yang et al., 2015 .
Habitat / home range : found in streams and rivers during floods, in floodwater pools during dry season .
Phylogeny : Ndeda et al., 2018 | Yang et al., 2015 .
Reproduction : probably two breeding seasons coinciding with rains; floodwater pools and shallow pools in lake-side streams are spawning grounds .
Size : 56 mm SL .
Types :
- Barbus yongei Whitehead, 1960 c: 113. Type locality: "Lower Nzoia River, Nyanza Province, Kenya". Holotype BMNH n° 1960.6.7: 12; paratypes BMNH n° 1960.6.7: 13 to 36.