Biology:Nannostomus minimus

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Short description: Species of fish

Least pencilfish
Nannostomus minimus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species:
N. minimus
Binomial name
Nannostomus minimus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1909

Nannostomus minimus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stoma = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: minimus = of the smallest size),[1][2] commonly known as the least pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[3] It is restricted to Guyana, where it has been reported from the Potaro and Mazaruni Rivers.[4]

N. minimus reaches a length of 23 mm.[4] When described in 1909, it was the smallest of the known pencilfishes; that distinction has since passed to N. anduzei.

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 minimus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=641482. Retrieved March 1, 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Nannostomus minimus" in FishBase. November 2011 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5485707 entry