The bowstripe barb (''Enteromius viviparus'') is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus ''

Enteromius ''Enteromius'' is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus ''Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is ...

''. This species is native to Southern Africa. The males become golden in colour while the females remain silver-brown. Both sexes have a dark stripe running longitudinally along the flanks. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''viviparus'' (" viviparous") is in error; they lay eggs just like all other ''

''. Fry have been noted in the lower reaches of slow flowing streams entering rivers, while adults have been noted amongst aquatic vegetation on river margins and in quiet pools in

rapids Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...

.Purves, M. 2009

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Enteromius Cyprinid fish of Africa Fish described in 1897 Taxa named by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber Freshwater fish of South Africa {{enteromius-stub