Leptocypris weeksii

Leptocypris weeksii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Leptocypris
Species:	L. weeksii
Binomial name
Leptocypris weeksii (Boulenger, 1899) [2]
Synonyms [2]
Barilius weeksii Boulenger, 1899 Raiamas weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)

Leptocypris weeksii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. ^[2] This fish is found in the lower Congo River, the central and upper Congo River basin, and Pool Malebo in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Henry Weeks (1861–1924), a Baptist missionary, an ethnographer, an explorer and diarist, who collected the holotype specimen at his mission station in Monsembe, upper Congo River, Zaire. ^[4]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Leptocypris weeksii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T181626A7692154. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181626A7692154.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptocypris". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptocypris weeksii". FishBase . April 2015 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.