Copeina osgoodi
Appearance
Copeina osgoodi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Lebiasinidae |
Genus: | Copeina |
Species: | C. osgoodi
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Binomial name | |
Copeina osgoodi C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
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Copeina osgoodi is a species of fish in the Copeina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters.[1]
The fish is named in honor of zoologist William Hudson Osgood (1875-1947) of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copeina osgoodi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
External links
- Data related to Copeina osgoodi at Wikispecies