| Golden pencilfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. beckfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus beckfordi Günther, 1872 | |
Nannostomus beckfordi, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; beckfordi = in honor of British naturalist, F.J.B. Beckford),[1][2] commonly known as the golden pencil fish or Beckford's pencil fish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[3] It occurs widely and commonly in swamps and slow-moving waters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.[4]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nannostomus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ "Nannostomus beckfordi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Feb 12, 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Nannostomus beckfordi" in FishBase. November 2011 version.
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