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Nannostomus eques Steindachner, 1876

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.].

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Nannobrycon eques (Steindachner, 1876)
Poecilobrycon auratus Eigenmann, 1909
Poecilobrycon eques (Steindachner, 1876)
Homonyms
Nannostomus eques Steindachner, 1876
Common names
Almindelig skråsvømmer in Danish
Bengalinha in Portuguese
Bengalinha in Portuguese
Brown Pencilfish in Portuguese
Brown Pencilfish in English
Diptail Pencilfish in Portuguese
Diptail Pencilfish in English
Lápis in Portuguese
Lápis in Portuguese
Peixe-Lápis in Portuguese
Peixe-lápis in Portuguese
Pez Lápiz de Cola Pardo in Spanish
Pez lápiz de cola pardo in Spanish
Torpedinho-dourado in Portuguese
Torpedo in Spanish
šikmostojka černopruhá in Czech
Brown Pencilfish in English
Bengalinha in Portuguese
Diptail Pencilfish in English
Peixe-lápis in Portuguese
Pez Lápiz de Cola Pardo in Spanish
Torpedinho-dourado in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. 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
  4. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., Lugo, M., Bogotá-Gregory, J. D., Lasso, C.A., Vásquez, L., Usma, J. S., Taphorn, D.C., Provenzano Rizzi, F. 2006. Peces del río Tomo, cuenca del Orinoco, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 113-128.
  5. Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.].
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