Nannostomus minimus
| Least pencilfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. minimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus minimus C. H. Eigenmann, 1909 | |
Nannostomus minimus, commonly known as the least pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the genus Nannostomus in the Lebiasinidae family of characins.[1] It is restricted to Guyana, where it has been reported from the Potaro and Mazaruni Rivers.[2]
N. minimus reaches a length of 23 mm.[2] When described in 1909 it was the smallest of the known pencilfishes; that distinction has since passed to Nannostomus anduzei.
References
- ↑ "Nannostomus minimus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Nannostomus minimus" in FishBase. November 2011 version.