Nannostomus mortenthaleri

Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species: N. mortenthaleri
Binomial name
Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Paepke & Arendt, 2001[1]
Synonyms
  • Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri Paepke & Arendt, 2001[2]

Nannostomus mortenthaleri, commonly known as the coral red pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the Lebiasinidae family of characins.[3] 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.[2] Mature males have a thickened anal fin. Maximun length is 29mm.[2]

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.[2]

References

  1. Paepke, H.-J.; Arendt, K. (2001). "Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri new supspec. from Peru (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae)". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Für Ichthyologie (Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V. (GfI)) 2: 143–154.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Reis, Roberto E.; Kullander, Sven O; Ferraris, Jr. J. (2003). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. pp. 1–235.
  3. "Nannostomus mortenthaleri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 19, 2012.


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