Nannostomus bifasciatus
| Two-lined pencilfish | |
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| A two-lined pencilfish (top) amidst other characin species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | N. bifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nannostomus bifasciatus Hoedeman, 1954
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Nannostomus bifasciatus, the twolined pencilfishor whiteside pencilfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, the pencilfishes, splashing tetras and related fishes. This species is found Amapá in Brazil and in French Guiana and Suriname.
Taxonomy
Nannostomus bifasciatus was first formally described in 1954 by the Dutch ichthyologist and aquarist Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman with its type locality given as Berg en Dal at the Suriname River in the Suriname.[2] This species is classified in the genus Nannostomus has been placed within the monotypic tribe Nannostomomini, a clade proposed by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1909,[3] of the subfamily Pyrrhulininae in the family Lebiasinidae within the suborder Characoidei of the order Characiformes.[4]
Etymology
Nannostomus bifasciatus classified in the genus Nannostomus, this name combines the Greek nannos, which means "dwarf", with stome, meaning "mouth", an allusion to the narrow mouth of this species. The specific name, bifasciatus, means "twice banded", an allusion which Hoedeman did not explain but it amy refer to bands along the flanks of this fish.[5]
References
- ^ Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, CD, Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D.; Usma, S. & Villa-Navarro, F. (2021). "Nannostomus bifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176012794A176012798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176012794A176012798.en. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nannostomus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ Stanley H. Weitzman and J. Stanley Cobb (1975). "A Revision of the South American Fishes of the Genus Nannostomus Günther (Family Lebiasinidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 186.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (11 June 2025). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 7 August 2025.