Alestopetersius_brichardi

<i>Alestopetersius brichardi</i>

Alestopetersius brichardi

Species of fish

Alestopetersius brichardi is a species of African tetra. It is found in the Malebo Pool, the middle Congo River, the Ruki River drainage and the Lomami River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Description

Alestopetersius brichardi reaches a standard length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).[2]

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Pierre Brichard (1921-1990).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Moelants, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius brichardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182490A7897071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182490A7897071.en. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius brichardi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. [3]
    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.


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