Nannostomus_minimus

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Nannostomus minimus

Species of fish

Nannostomus minimus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stoma = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: minimus = of the smallest size),[1][2] commonly known as the least pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[3] It is restricted to Guyana, where it has been reported from the Potaro and Mazaruni Rivers.[4]

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N. minimus reaches a length of 23 mm.[4] When described in 1909, it was the smallest of the known pencilfishes; that distinction has since passed to N. anduzei.

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. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Nannostomus minimus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  4. [4]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Nannostomus minimus" in FishBase. November 2011 version.


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