Phenacogrammus_bleheri

<i>Phenacogrammus bleheri</i>

Phenacogrammus bleheri

Species of fish

Phenacogrammus bleheri is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is known only from a small tributary of the Bari River in the Lua River system in the Ubangi River drainage, in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

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Description

Phenacogrammus bleheri reaches a standard length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[3]

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of explorer and ornamental fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher, who provided many specimens for Géry's study, including the type specimen of this species.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167966A6427898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167966A6427898.en. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Géry, J., 1995. Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept in the Alestinae. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 1(4):37-64.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Phenacogrammus bleheri" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. [4]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.


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