Phenacogrammus bleheri is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is known only from a small tributary of the Bari River in the Lua River system in the Ubangi River drainage, in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Phenacogrammus bleheri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Alestidae |
Genus: | Phenacogrammus |
Species: | P. bleheri
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Binomial name | |
Phenacogrammus bleheri Géry, 1995
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Description
editPhenacogrammus bleheri reaches a standard length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe tetra is named in honor of explorer and ornamental fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher, who provided many specimens for Géry's study, including the type specimen of this species.[4]
References
edit- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167966A6427898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167966A6427898.en. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Géry, J., 1995. Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept in the Alestinae. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 1(4):37-64.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". 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.