Nannostomus beckfordi
Nannostomus beckfordi, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; beckfordi = in honor of British naturalist, F.J.B. Beckford),[1][2] commonly known as the golden pencil fish or Beckford's pencil fish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[3] It occurs widely and commonly in swamps and slow-moving waters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.[4]
Golden pencilfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Lebiasinidae |
Genus: | Nannostomus |
Species: | N. beckfordi |
Binomial name | |
Nannostomus beckfordi Günther, 1872 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nannostomus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Nannostomus beckfordi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Feb 12, 2012.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Nannostomus beckfordi" in FishBase. November 2011 version.
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