Nannostomus limatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. limatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus limatus S. H. Weitzman, 1978
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Nannostomus limatus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: limatus = elegant),[2][3][4] commonly known as the elegant pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[5] They were first described in 1978 by Stanley H. Weitzman along with two other new species (Nannostomus britskii and Nannostomus nitidus), from a collection of specimens preserved in the São Paulo museum.[3] Only rarely imported and kept by aquarists, they have been recorded from the Amazonian region of Brazil, specifically near Santarém.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Nannostomus limatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022: e.T139794091A139794098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T139794091A139794098.pt. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nannostomus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Weitzman, Stanley H. (1978). "Three New Species of Fishes of the Genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian States of Para and Amazonas (Teleostei, Lebiasinidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 263 (263): 1–14. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.263.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 November 2024). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Nannostomus limatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Feb 23, 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannostomus limatus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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