Nannopetersius lamberti
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Nannopetersius |
| Species: | N. lamberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967
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Nannopetersius lamberti is a species of fish in the African tetra family, found in the African river basins of the Ntem, the Ogowe, the Nyanga and the Kouilou Rivers. This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [1]
Etymology
The tetra is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Jacques G. Lambert (1923-2013), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannopetersius lamberti". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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 14 March 2022.
- Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007. Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p.
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