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Micralestes stormsi

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Micralestes stormsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Micralestes
Species:
M. stormsi
Binomial name
Micralestes stormsi
Boulenger, 1902

Micralestes stormsi is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is rivers.

The fish is named in honor of Lieut. Maurice Joseph Auguste Marie Raphael Storms (1875-1941), of the Belgian Army, who collected the type specimen and presented it to the Brussels Museum. The describer, Boulenger said Storms is the cousin of Raymond Storms, who was “so well known for his important contributions to paleoichthyology”.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Olaosebikan, B.D.; Bousso, T.; Hanssens, M.; Lalèyè, P.; Moelants, T. (2020). "Micralestes stormsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60766A134745504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60766A134745504.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 March 2024). "Family ALESTIDAE Cockerell 1910 (African Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 July 2024.