Biology:Acestrorhynchus britskii
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Short description: Species of fish
| Acestrorhynchus britskii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Acestrorhynchus |
| Species: | A. britskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acestrorhynchus britskii Menezes, 1969
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Acestrorhynchus britskii is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae.[1] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes in 1969. It inhabits the São Francisco river in Brazil . It reaches a maximum standard length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).[1]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Acestrorhynchus britskii" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5649916 entry
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