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Copeina osgoodi

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Copeina osgoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Copeina
Species:
C. osgoodi
Binomial name
Copeina osgoodi

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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copeina osgoodi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ 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.