Cyanogaster geisleri
| Cyanogaster geisleri | |
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| Male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Cyanogaster |
| Species: | C. geisleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanogaster geisleri | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemigrammus geisleri Zarske & Géry, 2007 | |
Cyanogaster geisleri is a small, transparent fish, found in the Central Amazon, Brazil.[1] It grows to a maximum size of 3.5 cm (1.4 in) and a weight of 0.46 g (0.016 oz).[2]
The generic name honours Dr. Rolf Geisler (1925–2012), aquarist and Professor at the University of Freiburg, who collected the holotype and made it available for species description.[3]
References
- ^ Zarske, A.; J. Géry (2007). "Hemigrammus geisleri sp. n. - ein neuer Glassalmler aus dem zentralen Amazonasgebiet, mit einer ergänzenden Beschreibung von Hemigrammus mimus Böhlke, 1955 (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)" [Hemigrammus geisleri sp. n. - a new glass tetra from the central Amazon region, with a supplementary description of Hemigrammus mimus Böhlke, 1955 (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)]. Vertebrate Zoology (in German). 57 (1): 5–14.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemigrammus geisleri". FishBase. April 2025 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (20 January 2025). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily APHYOCHARACINAE Eigenmann 1909 (Glass Characins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 April 2025.