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Nannostomus mortenthaleri

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Species of fish

Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species: N. mortenthaleri
Binomial name
Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Paepke & Arendt, 2001
Synonyms

Nannostomus mortenthaleri, commonly known as the coral red pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae. It is one of the most colourful of the genus, being suffused with a bright coral red colouration over its entire body and fins, in striking contrast to its horizontal jet black stripes. It was originally described as a subspecies of Nannostomus marginatus, but it is now recognised as a species in its own right. Mature males have a thickened anal fin. Maximum length is 29mm.

The fish is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Martin Mortenthaler (1961–2018), the owner of Aquarium Rio Momon SRL in Iquitos, Peru, who collected the type specimen.

Distribution

Its distribution is fairly restricted to date; it has only been recorded from a small tributary of the Nanay River, and possibly the Tigre River, Peru.

References

  1. "Nannostomus mortenthaleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. Paepke, H.-J.; Arendt, K. (2001). "Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri new supspec. from Peru (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae)". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie. 2. Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V. (GfI): 143–154.
  3. ^ Reis, Roberto E.; Kullander, Sven O; Ferraris, Jr. J. (2003). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. pp. 1–235.
  4. "Nannostomus mortenthaleri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Nannostomus mortenthaleri


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