Alestopetersius brichardi
Alestopetersius brichardi is a species of African tetras found in the Malebo Pool, the middle Congo River, the Ruki River drainage and the Lomami River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).[1]
| 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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Etymology
The Tetra is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Pierre Brichard (1921-1990).[2]
References
- 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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