Biology:Rheocles pellegrini

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Rheocles pellegrini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. pellegrini
Binomial name
Rheocles pellegrini
(Nichols & La Monte, 1931)
Synonyms

Rheocloides pellegrini Nichols & La Monte, 1932

Rheocles pellegrini is a species of rainbowfish from the subfamily Bedotiinae. It is endemic to Madagascar .[2] Its natural habitat is rivers. This species was described by John Treadwell Nichols and Francesca Raimonde La Monte in 1931[3] from a type collected "one day west of Andapa." by Austin L. Rand and P. A. DuMont who were part of the "Archbold Expedition" to Madagascar of 1929–1931. R. pellegrini was not then recorded until the 21st century when populations were found in the area of the type locality.[1] The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin (1873–1944).[4]

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q5502972 entry