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Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Roberts, T. R. (1966). Description and osteology of Lepidarchus adonis, a remarkable new characid fish from West Africa. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> 8 (3): 209-227.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Alestidae
genus
Lepidarchus
species
Lepidarchus adonis

Name

Synonyms
Lepidarchus adonis signifer Isbrücker, 1970
Homonyms
Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966
Common names
Adonis Tetra in English
Jellybean Tetra in English
adonis characin in English
adonis characin in English
adonis characin in language.
afrotetra Adonis in Czech
Карликовая тетра in Russian
Jellybean Tetra in English

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. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  5. Roberts, T. R. (1966). Description and osteology of Lepidarchus adonis, a remarkable new characid fish from West Africa. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> 8 (3): 209-227.
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