Alestopetersius brichardi
Alestopetersius brichardi is a species of African tetra. It is found in the Malebo Pool, the middle Congo River, the Ruki River drainage and the Lomami River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Alestopetersius brichardi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Alestopetersius |
| Species: | A. brichardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967 | |
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Description
Alestopetersius brichardi reaches a standard length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).[2]
Etymology
The species epithet is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Pierre Brichard (1921-1990).[3]
References
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius brichardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182490A7897071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182490A7897071.en. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius brichardi" in 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 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.
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