Raiamas batesii
Species of fish
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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 | |
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| Barilius batesii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Raiamas |
| Species: | R. batesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Raiamas batesii | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]