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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi

Summary

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetra fish found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Alestopetersius
Species:
A. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
(Boulenger), 1899
Synonyms
  • Petersius hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1899
  • Alestopetersius hilgendorfi hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Hemigrammopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Micralestes hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Petersius modestus Boulenger, 1899
  • Hemigrammopetersius modestus Boulenger, 1899)
  • Micralestes modestus (Boulenger, 1899)

Description edit

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[2]

Etymology edit

The species epithet is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who erected the genus Petersius in 1894.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Snoeks, J., Laleye, P., Moelants, T. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169441A6628214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169441A6628214.en. Retrieved 25 March 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi" in 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.