Alestopetersius hilgendorfi

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetras found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]

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)

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who established the Petersius genus in 1894.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. 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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