Nannostomus beckfordi
| Golden pencilfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. beckfordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus beckfordi Günther, 1872
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Nannostomus beckfordi, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; beckfordi = in honor of British naturalist, F.J.B. Beckford),[2][3] commonly known as the golden pencil fish or Beckford's pencil fish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[4] It occurs widely and commonly in swamps and slow-moving waters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Nannostomus beckfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T164532717A164532727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T164532717A164532727.en. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nannostomus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 November 2024). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Nannostomus beckfordi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Feb 12, 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannostomus beckfordi". FishBase. November 2011 version.
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