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Phenacogrammus bleheri

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Species of fish

Phenacogrammus bleheri
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Phenacogrammus
Species: P. bleheri
Binomial name
Phenacogrammus bleheri
Géry, 1995

Phenacogrammus bleheri is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is known only from a small tributary of the Bari River in the Lua River system in the Ubangi River drainage, in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Phenacogrammus bleheri reaches a standard length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of explorer and ornamental fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher, who provided many specimens for Géry's study, including the type specimen of this species.

References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167966A6427898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167966A6427898.en. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. Géry, J., 1995. Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept in the Alestinae. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 1(4):37-64.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phenacogrammus bleheri". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. 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 16 March 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Phenacogrammus bleheri


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