Biology:Micralestes stormsi

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Micralestes stormsi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Micralestes
Species:
M. stormsi
Binomial name
Micralestes stormsi
Boulenger, 1902

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.

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

  1. 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60766/134745504. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3318224 entry