Nannopetersius ansorgii

Nannopetersius ansorgii is a species of fish in the African tetra family, found in the central Rivers in Africa. The rivers in Africa are: the Benito (Mbini), the Chiloango, the Kouilou, the Loeme and the Ogooué rivers of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and the Bengo and Congo River basins of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [1]

Nannopetersius ansorgii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Nannopetersius
Species:
N. ansorgii
Binomial name
Nannopetersius ansorgii
(Boulenger, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Petersius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
  • Alestopetersius ansorgei ansorgei (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Micralestes ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Phenacogrammus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Petersius ubalo Boulenger, 1910
  • Alestopetersius ansorgei ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Micralestes ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Phenacogrammus ansorgei ubalo (Boulenger, 1910)

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of explorer William John Ansorge (1850-1913), who collected the type specimen.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Nannopetersius ansorgii" 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 14 March 2022.
  • Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007. Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p.
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