Alestes stuhlmannii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Alestidae |
Genus: | Alestes |
Species: | A. stuhlmannii |
Binomial name | |
Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896 | |
Alestes stuhlmannii is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to the Ulanga River in Morogoro Region of Tanzania. [2] [3]
Named in honor of Franz Stuhlmann (1863-1928), a German zoologist and African explorer, who collected the type specimen in Tanzania. [4]
Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann was a German naturalist, zoologist and African explorer, born in Hamburg.
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