Raiamas marqueti

Raiamas marqueti i is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. It is found on the right bank tributaries of Upper Congo River and the affluents of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Tanzania.

Size

This species reaches a length of.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Jean-Pierre Marquet, a technical assistant of the BTC project PRODEPAAK, for his efforts in fish collecting, and who provided logistical support for the Katanga Expedition 2012, during which the holotype specimen was collected.