Coppernose barb
Raiamas christyi (Boulenger, 1920)
Also calledGoldmäulchen (deu) · Sonnenmäulchen (deu) · Барилия-кристи (rus) · Guldmund (dan) · Solmund (dan)
The coppernose barb (Raiamas christyi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This fish is found in the Congo River system in Africa.
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In human culture
The fish is named in honor of Cuthbert Christy (1863– 1932), an English physician who specialized in learning about sleeping sickness, he was also a zoologist, an explorer, and the Director of the Congo Museum (Tervuren, Belgium), who was the one who collected the holotype specimen.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2363170.