Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Alestidae |
Genus: | Alestopetersius |
Species: | A. hilgendorfi
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Binomial name | |
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger), 1899
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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetra fish found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Description
[edit]Alestopetersius hilgendorfi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The species epithet is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who erected the genus Petersius in 1894.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Snoeks, J., Laleye, P., Moelants, T. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169441A6628214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169441A6628214.en. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.