Biology:Schultzites
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Schultzites Géry, 1964 |
| Species: | S. axelrodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Schultzites axelrodi Géry, 1964
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Schultzites is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Schultzites axelrodi, which is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in the upper Meta River basin.
Schultzites Géry 1964 named in honor of Leonard P. Schultz (1901-1986), Curator of Fishes, U. S. National Museum, for his “tremendous ichthyological works”.
Schultzites axelrodi Géry 1964 was named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017), whose Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine published this description and several others by Jacques Géry.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Schultzites axelrodi" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae7/.
Wikidata ☰ Q19757836 entry
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