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Rainbowscale Tetra
Phenacogrammus deheyni
Phenacogrammus deheyni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in the middle Congo River, the Ruki drainage, of the Mongala and Aruwimi rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From the article Phenacogrammus deheyni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The tetra is named in honor of diplomat/naturalist Jean Jacques Deheyn (b. 1914), of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, who collected the type specimen.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 109269.