Alestopetersius hilgendorfi

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Alestopetersius
Species:	A. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
	Alestopetersius hilgendorfi; (Boulenger), 1899
Synonyms
	Petersius hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1899 ; Alestopetersius hilgendorfi hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) ; Hemigrammopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) ; Micralestes hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) ; Petersius modestus Boulenger, 1899 ; Hemigrammopetersius modestus Boulenger, 1899) ; Micralestes modestus (Boulenger, 1899) ;

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of African tetra fish found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).^[2]

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who erected the genus Petersius in 1894.^[3]

References

^ Snoeks, J., Laleye, P., Moelants, T. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169441A6628214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169441A6628214.en. Retrieved 25 March 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.

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[iucn_status_25_March_2024-1] Snoeks, J., Laleye, P., Moelants, T. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169441A6628214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169441A6628214.en. Retrieved 25 March 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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