Nannostomus minimus

Least pencilfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Nannostomus
Species: N. minimus
Binomial name
Nannostomus minimus

Nannostomus minimus, commonly known as the least pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to 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 N. anduzei.

References

  1. "Nannostomus minimus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Nannostomus minimus" in FishBase. November 2011 version.


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