Biology:Nannostomus limatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Nannostomus limatus
Nannostomus limatus Weitzman, 1978 1056149942.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species:
N. limatus
Binomial name
Nannostomus limatus
S. H. Weitzman, 1978

Nannostomus limatus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: limatus = elegant),[1][2][3] commonly known as the elegant pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[4] They were first described in 1978 by Stanley H. Weitzman along with two other new species (Nannostomus britskii and Nannostomus nitidus), from a collection of specimens preserved in the São Paulo museum.[5] Only rarely imported and kept by aquarists, they have been recorded from the Amazonian region of Brazil, specifically near Santarém.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6421836 entry