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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger 1899)

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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi

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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetras found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]

Etymology

The tetra is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who established the Petersius genus in 1894.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  • Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi: Brief Summary

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Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetras found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).

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