Enteromius boboi (Schultz 1942)

Diagnosis: last simple dorsal-fin ray smooth on hind margin; scale formula 4.5/27-28/4.5; 2.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 12 scales around caudal peduncle; 8 branched dorsal fin rays; two pairs of long barbels; anterior barbell reaching to, or extending beyond, posterior half of eye; posterior barbel extending beyond hind margin of eye; lateral line complete and deeply depressed below dorsal fin; maximum reported size 52 mm SL; black spot, as large as eye, at end of caudal peduncle (Ref. 2940, 81282). Description: body relatively elongate (depth on fourth or less of SL); D: III,8; A: III,5; P:14-15; V: 8 (Ref. 2940, 81282).Coloration: hind edges of scales pigmented, particularly those in lateral line; presence of series of dark, lateral-line pores completes this color pattern, showing 2 parallel series of spots; oval black spot, as large as eye, at end of caudal peduncle (Ref. 2940, 81282).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8

Affinities: B. chlorotaenia; B. bigornei and B. inaequalis (Ref. 2940). Maximum TL was recorded at 6.5 cm (Ref. 2801).

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Enteromius boboi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which is endemic to the River Farmington in the Gibi mountains of Liberia.

Named in honor of one of the local men who helped William M. Munn, the director of the National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.), collect fishes in Liberia.