Nannostomus mortenthaleri

Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Lebiasinidae
Genus:	Nannostomus
Species:	N. mortenthaleri
Binomial name
	Nannostomus mortenthaleri; & , 2001
Synonyms
	Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri & , 2001;

Nannostomus mortenthaleri, commonly known as the coral red pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the characin family Lebiasinidae.^[3] It is one of the most colourful of the genus, being suffused with a bright coral red colouration over its entire body and fins, in striking contrast to its horizontal jet black stripes. It was originally described as a subspecies of Nannostomus marginatus, but it is now recognised as a species in its own right.^[2] Mature males have a thickened anal fin. Maximum length is 29mm.^[2]

The fish is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Martin Mortenthaler (1961-2018), the owner of Aquarium Rio Momon SRL in Iquitos, Peru, who collected the type specimen.^[4]

Distribution[]

Its distribution is fairly restricted to date; it has only been recorded from a small tributary of the Nanay River, and possibly the Tigre River, Peru.^[2]

References[]

^ Paepke, H.-J.; Arendt, K. (2001). "Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri new supspec. from Peru (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae)". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie. Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V. (GfI). 2: 143–154.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reis, Roberto E.; Kullander, Sven O; Ferraris, Jr. J. (2003). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. pp. 1–235.
^ "Nannostomus mortenthaleri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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[Paepke2001-1] Paepke, H.-J.; Arendt, K. (2001). "Nannostomus marginatus mortenthaleri new supspec. from Peru (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae)". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie. Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V. (GfI). 2: 143–154.

[Checklist2003-2] Reis, Roberto E.; Kullander, Sven O; Ferraris, Jr. J. (2003). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. pp. 1–235.

[3] "Nannostomus mortenthaleri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

[ETYFish-4] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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