Acestrorhynchus isalineae
Acestrorhynchus isalineae is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae.[1] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes and Jacques Géry in 1983. It is known from the Madeira River in Brazil. It reaches a maximum standard length of 10.1 cm (4.0 in).[1]
| Acestrorhynchus isalineae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Acestrorhynchus |
| Species: | A. isalineae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acestrorhynchus isalineae Menezes & Géry, 1983 | |
The fish was named in honor of Isaline Drecq, wife of Guy van den Bossche, who was a participant in the expedition that collected the type specimens.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Acestrorhynchus isalineae" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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