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Nannopetersius ansorgii

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Species of fish

Nannopetersius ansorgii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Nannopetersius
Species: N. ansorgii
Binomial name
Nannopetersius ansorgii
(Boulenger, 1910)
Synonyms
List
  • Petersius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
  • Alestopetersius ansorgei ansorgei (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Micralestes ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Phenacogrammus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Petersius ubalo Boulenger, 1910
  • Alestopetersius ansorgei ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Micralestes ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Phenacogrammus ansorgei ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)

Nannopetersius ansorgii is a species of African tetra fish. It is found in the central Africa in the Benito (Mbini), Chiloango, Kouilou, Loeme and Ogooué rivers of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and the Bengo and Congo River basins of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Nannopetersius ansorgii reaches a standard length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of explorer William John Ansorge (1850-1913), who collected the type specimen.

References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus ansorgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167964A6427452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167964A6427452.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannopetersius ansorgii". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  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 14 March 2022.
  • Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007. Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p.
Taxon identifiers
Nannopetersius ansorgii
Petersius ansorgii
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