Biology:Nannostomus beckfordi

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Short description: Species of fish


Golden pencilfish
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species:
N. beckfordi
Binomial name
Nannostomus beckfordi
Günther, 1872

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]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nannostomus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. https://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/. Retrieved 11 November 2019. 
  3. "Nannostomus beckfordi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=641482. Retrieved Feb 12, 2012. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Nannostomus beckfordi" in FishBase. November 2011 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q582640 entry