| Nannostomus limatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. limatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus limatus S. H. Weitzman, 1978 | |
Nannostomus limatus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: limatus = elegant), [2] [3] [4] commonly known as the elegant pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae. [5] They were first described in 1978 by Stanley H. Weitzman along with two other new species ( Nannostomus britskii and Nannostomus nitidus ), from a collection of specimens preserved in the São Paulo museum. [3] Only rarely imported and kept by aquarists, they have been recorded from the Amazonian region of Brazil, specifically near Santarém. [6]
