Leptocypris weeksii
| Leptocypris weeksii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Leptocypris |
| Species: | L. weeksii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptocypris weeksii | |
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Leptocypris weeksii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae.[2] This fish is found in the lower Congo River, the central and upper Congo River basin, and Pool Malebo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of John Henry Weeks (1861–1924), a Baptist missionary, an ethnographer, an explorer and diarist, who collected the holotype specimen at his mission station in Monsembe, upper Congo River, Zaire.[4]
References
- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Leptocypris weeksii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T181626A7692154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181626A7692154.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptocypris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptocypris weeksii". FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.