Nannostomus digrammus
| Twostripe pencilfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. digrammus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus digrammus Fowler, 1913
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Nannostomus digrammus, (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: digrammus = two lines),[2][3] commonly known as the twostripe pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.[4] They were first described in 1913 by Henry Weed Fowler and are fairly typical of members of this genus being small, elongated fish with prominent horizontal stripes, in this case limited to two dominant stripes, usually maroon in color. They are recorded as native to Brazil and Guyana, where they occur fairly widely, but are seen only occasionally in the aquarium trade.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Nannostomus digrammus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829647A159923030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829647A159923030.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 digrammus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Feb 16, 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannostomus digrammus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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