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Copeina osgoodi

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Copeina osgoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Copeina
Species:
C. osgoodi
Binomial name
Copeina osgoodi

Copeina osgoodi is a species of fish in the Copeina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow up to 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in).[2]

The fish is named in honor of zoologist William Hudson Osgood (1875-1947) of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, who collected the type specimen.[3]


References

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  1. ^ Varella, H.R. (2023). "Copeina osgoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829722A176012681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829722A176012681.en. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copeina osgoodi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (11 April 2024). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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