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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acestrorhynchus britskii is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae.[1] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes in 1969. It inhabits the São Francisco river in Brazil. It reaches a maximum standard length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).[1]
Acestrorhynchus britskii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Acestrorhynchidae |
Genus: | Acestrorhynchus |
Species: | A. britskii |
Binomial name | |
Acestrorhynchus britskii Menezes, 1969 | |
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.[2]
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