Micralestes stormsi
Micralestes stormsi is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is rivers.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Micralestes |
| Species: | M. stormsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902 | |
The fish is named in honor of Lieut. Maurice Joseph Auguste Marie Raphael Storms (1875-1941), of the Belgian Army, who collected the type specimen and presented it to the Brussels Museum. The describer, Boulenger said Storms is the cousin of Raymond Storms, who was “so well known for his important contributions to paleoichthyology”.[2]
References
- Olaosebikan, B.D.; Bousso, T.; Hanssens, M.; Lalèyè, P.; Moelants, T. (2020). "Micralestes stormsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60766A134745504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60766A134745504.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- 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 29 September 2021.
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