Leporinus enyae is a species of Leporinus fish discovered 2017 in the Orinoco River drainage area. It is named after the Irish singer Enya, whose major music hit "Orinoco Flow" deals with the Orinoco River, among others.[2][1][3]
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^Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Leporinusenyae is a species of Leporinus fish discovered 2017 in the Orinoco River drainage area. It is named after the Irish singer Enya, whose major...
iris cultivar Orinoco Flow by iris breeder Cy Bartlett in 1989, and Leporinusenyae, a species of fish from the Orinoco drainage basin named for the artist...
University of Ulster. In 2017, a newly discovered species of fish, Leporinusenyae, found in the Orinoco River drainage area, was named after Enya, in...