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Nannostomus nitidus Weitzman, 1978

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Weitzman, S. H. (1978). Three new species of fishes of the genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 263: 1-14.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Lebiasinidae
genus
Nannostomus
species
Nannostomus nitidus

Name

Homonyms
Nannostomus nitidus Weitzman, 1978
Common names
Hohtosuppusuu in Finnish
Peixe-lápis in Portuguese
Schmuckziersalmler in German
Shining Pencilfish in English
drobnoústka lesklá in Czech
光泽铅笔鱼 in language.
光澤鉛筆魚 in language.
Peixe-lápis in Portuguese
Schmuckziersalmler in German
Shining Pencilfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Weitzman, S. H. (1978). Three new species of fishes of the genus Nannostomus from the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 263: 1-14.
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