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Dwarf Pencilfish

Nannostomus marginatus

Classification

Nannostomus marginatus (from the Greek: nanos = small, and the Latin stomus = relating to the mouth; from the Latin: marginatus = marginated), commonly known as the dwarf pencilfish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the genus Nannostomus in the characin family Lebiasinidae. They were first described in 1909 by C. H.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 6