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Bright Diamond Tetra
Nannopetersius ansorgii
Nannopetersius ansorgii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in the central Africa in the Benito (Mbini), Chiloango, Kouilou, Loeme and Ogooué rivers of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and the Bengo and Congo River basins of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From the article Nannopetersius ansorgii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The species epithet is named in honor of explorer William John Ansorge (1850–1913), who collected the type specimen.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 607976.