Hemigrammus elegans

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Hemigrammus elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species:
H. elegans
Binomial name
Hemigrammus elegans
(Steindachner, 1882) [2]
Synonyms [3]

Tetragonopterus elegansSteindachner, 1882

Hemigrammus elegans is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [3] This species has not been recorded since the type series was collected from Obidos on the Amazon River in Brazil in 1882. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lima, F. (2023). "Hemigrammus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T175965480A175965499. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T175965480A175965499.en . Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Steindachner, F. 1882. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's (IV). Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 19(19), pages 175–180
  3. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hemigrammus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 October 2025.


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