Nannostomus limatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species:
N. limatus
Binomial name
Nannostomus limatus

Nannostomus limatus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: limatus = elegant),[1][2][3] commonly known as the elegant pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[4] They were first described in 1978 by Stanley H. Weitzman along with two other new species (Nannostomus britskii and Nannostomus nitidus), from a collection of specimens preserved in the São Paulo museum.[5] Only rarely imported and kept by aquarists, they have been recorded from the Amazonian region of Brazil, specifically near Santarém.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nannostomus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. ↑ "Three New Species of Fishes of the Genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian States of Para and Amazonas (Teleostei, Lebiasinidae)" (PDF). Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "ITIS report Nannostomus limatus TSN 641478". Retrieved Feb 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Three New Species of Fishes of the Genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian States of Para and Amazonas (Teleostei, Lebiasinidae)" (PDF). Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Fishbase report Nannostomus limatus". Retrieved Feb 23, 2012.


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