''Enteromius pleurogramma'' is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

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 ...

''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Some authors include it in the

straightfin barb The straightfin barb ('Enteromius paludinosus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. '' E. pleurogramma'' is sometimes included here, but while it is certainly extremely closely related, it appears to be a distinct cryptic ...

(''E. paludinosus''). But while they are certainly extremely closely related, they appear to be distinct

cryptic species In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

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Enteromius Fish of Lake Tana Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1902 {{Barbinae-stub