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]
| Copeina osgoodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Copeina |
| Species: | C. osgoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Copeina osgoodi C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copeina osgoodi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ 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.
External links
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