Nannopetersius mutambuei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Nannopetersius |
| Species: | N. mutambuei
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| Nannopetersius mutambuei Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008
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Nannopetersius mutambuei is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. 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[edit]
Nannopetersius mutambuei reaches a standard length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.) (2015). "Nannopetersius mutambuei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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