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Marilyn's/greenstripe pencilfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Lebiasinidae
Genus:	Nannostomus
Species:	N. marilynae
Binomial name
Nannostomus marilynae S. H. Weitzman & Cobb, 1975

Nannostomus marilynae, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; marilynae = in honor of ichthyologist, Marilyn Weitzman), commonly known as Marilyn's or greenstripe pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae. They have been recorded from the Rio Negro and Rio Orinoco regions of Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nannostomus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
2. "Fish Name Etymology Project: Characiformes. Scharpf & Lazara". The Etyfish Project. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2019.,
3. "ITIS report Nannostomus marilynae TSN 641481". Retrieved March 1, 2012.
4. "Fishbase report Nannostomus marilynae". Retrieved March 1, 2012.

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