Nannostomus Günther, 1872

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Günther, A. (1872). On a new genus of characinoid fishes from Demerara. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872.</em> (pt 1) (art. 5): 146.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Characiformes

family

Lebiasinidae

genus

Nannostomus

Name

Synonyms

Archicheir Eigenmann, 1909

Nannobrycon Hoedeman, 1950

Poecilobrycon Eigenmann, 1909

Homonyms

Nannostomus Günther, 1872

Common names

Pencilfish in English

Pencilfishes in English

Torpedinhos in Portuguese

drobnoústka in Czech

pencilfish in English

pencilfish in English

Нанностомы in Russian

Наностома in Ukrainian

ปลาดินสอ in Thai

Bibliographic References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
4. FishBase
5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
6. Günther, A. (1872). On a new genus of characinoid fishes from Demerara. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872.</em> (pt 1) (art. 5): 146.
7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
10. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872
11. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)