Phenacogrammus bleheri

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Phenacogrammus bleheri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Phenacogrammus
Species:
P. bleheri
Binomial name
Phenacogrammus bleheri
Géry, 1995

Phenacogrammus bleheri is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is known only from a small tributary of the Bari River in the Lua River system in the Ubangi River drainage, in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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Description

Phenacogrammus bleheri reaches a standard length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). [3]

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of explorer and ornamental fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher, who provided many specimens for Géry's study, including the type specimen of this species. [4]

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References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T167966A6427898. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167966A6427898.en . Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. Géry, J., 1995. Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept in the Alestinae. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 1(4):37-64.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Phenacogrammus bleheri" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.