Nannopetersius mutambuei
| Nannopetersius mutambuei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Nannopetersius |
| Species: | N. mutambuei
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannopetersius mutambuei Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008
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Nannopetersius mutambuei is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is endemic to the Inkisi River upstream of the Sanga dam in the lower Congo River basin, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Description
Nannopetersius mutambuei reaches a standard length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]
Etymology
The species epithet is named in honor of Prof. Mutambue Shango, the General Academic Secretary, of the École Régionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et gestion Intégrée des Forêts et territoires Tropicaux in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was responsible for collecting many fishes from the Inkisi River basin in 1985 and 1986.[3]
References
- ^ Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S. and E. Vreven, 2008. Nannopetersius mutambuei (Characiformes: Alestidae), a new species from the Inkisi River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 19(4):367-376.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannopetersius mutambuei". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (19 May 2025). "Family ALESTIDAE Cockerell 1910 (African Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 19 June 2025.