Nannostomus_britskii

<i>Nannostomus britskii</i>

Nannostomus britskii

Species of fish

Nannostomus britskii, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; britskii = in honor of ichthyologist, Heraldo A. Britski),[1][2] commonly known as the spotstripe pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae of characins.[3] They were first described in 1978 by Stanley H. Weitzman along with two other new species (Nannostomus limatus and Nannostomus nitidus), from a collection of specimens preserved in the São Paulo museum.[4] They have been recorded from only two localities, both in Brazil.[5] No live specimens had been seen, collected, or exported for the aquarium trade until very recently.

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nannostomus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. [2]
    "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2019.,
  3. [3]
    "ITIS report Nannostomus britskii TSN 641478". Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Three New Species of Fishes of the Genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian States of Para and Amazonas (Teleostei, Lebiasinidae)" (PDF). Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Fishbase report Nannostomus britskii". Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.


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