Leptocypris weeksii

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Leptocypris weeksii
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. 1 2 3 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.
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