Biology:Phenacogrammus polli
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| Phenacogrammus polli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Phenacogrammus |
| Species: | P. polli
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| Binomial name | |
| Phenacogrammus polli J. G. Lambert, 1961
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Phenacogrammus polli is a species of fish in the African tetra family. It is found in middle Congo River basin in the Ruki River drainage, the Lomami river and the Lindi-Tshopo river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa. This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[1]
Etymology
The tetra is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll (1908-1991).[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phenacogrammus polli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q6416589 entry
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