Phenacogrammus deheyni

Phenacogrammus deheyni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Phenacogrammus
Species:	P. deheyni
Binomial name
Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll, 1945

Phenacogrammus deheyni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in the middle Congo River, the Ruki drainage, of the Mongala and Aruwimi rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Phenacogrammus deheyni reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in). ^[2]

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of diplomat/naturalist Jean Jacques Deheyn (b. 1914), of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, who collected the type specimen. ^[3]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus deheyni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T167967A6428008. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167967A6428008.en . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phenacogrammus deheyni". FishBase . February 2015 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf (19 May 2025). "Family ALESTIDAE Cockerell 1910 (African Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

• Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.