Opsaridium loveridgii
Species of fish
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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]
