Biology:Copeina osgoodi

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Copeina osgoodi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Copeina
Species:
C. osgoodi
Binomial name
Copeina osgoodi
C. H. Eigenmann, 1922

Copeina osgoodi is a species of fish in the Copeina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters.[1]

The fish is named in honor of zoologist William Hudson Osgood (1875-1947) of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, who collected the type specimen.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Copeina osgoodi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. "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/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5480369 entry