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Phenacogrammus deheyni

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Phenacogrammus deheyni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Phenacogrammus
Species:
P. deheyni
Binomial name
Phenacogrammus deheyni
Poll, 1945

Phenacogrammus deheyni is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in the middle Congo River, the Ruki drainage, of the Mongala and Aruwimi rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

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Phenacogrammus deheyni reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[2]

Etymology

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The tetra is named in honor of diplomat/naturalist Jean Jacques Deheyn (b. 1914), of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus deheyni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167967A6428008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167967A6428008.en. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phenacogrammus deheyni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.
  • Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.