Alestopetersius leopoldianus

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Alestopetersius leopoldianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Alestopetersius
Species:
A. leopoldianus
Binomial name
Alestopetersius leopoldianus
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Petersius leopoldianus Boulenger, 1899
  • Hemigrammopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Phenacogrammus leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)

Alestopetersius leopoldianus is a species of African tetras found in Lake Mai Ndombe, the middle Congo River, lower Lomami and Wagenia Falls in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species reaches a length of 9.0 cm (3.5 in).[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alestopetersius leopoldianus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  • 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.