Phenacogrammus polli

Phenacogrammus polli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Phenacogrammus
Species:	P. polli
Binomial name
	Phenacogrammus polli; J. G. Lambert, 1961

Phenacogrammus polli is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in the middle Congo River basin in the Ruki River drainage, the Lomami river and the Lindi-Tshopo river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Phenacogrammus polli reaches a total length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll (1908-1991).[3]

References

Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus polli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167970A6428539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167970A6428539.en. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Phenacogrammus polli" 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.

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[iucn_status_23_March_2024-1] Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus polli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167970A6428539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167970A6428539.en. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Phenacogrammus polli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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.