Micralestes stormsi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Micralestes |
| Species: | M. stormsi
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| Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902
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Micralestes stormsi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. Its natural habitat is rivers.
The fish is named in honor of Lieut. Maurice Joseph Auguste Marie Raphael Storms (1875-1941), of the Belgian Army, who collected the type specimen and presented it to the Brussels Museum. The describer, Boulenger said Storms is the cousin of Raymond Storms, who was “so well known for his important contributions to paleoichthyology”.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Olaosebikan, B.D.; Bousso, T.; Hanssens, M.; Lalèyè, P. & Moelants, T. (2020). "Micralestes stormsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60766A134745504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60766A134745504.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Micralestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 March 2024). "Family ALESTIDAE Cockerell 1910 (African Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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