Distichodus petersii is a species of fish in the family Distichodontidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers.
| Distichodus petersii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Distichodontidae |
| Genus: | Distichodus |
| Species: | D. petersii
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| Binomial name | |
| Distichodus petersii Pfeffer, 1896
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The fish patronym was not identified in the original description but was probably in honor of Wilhelm C. H. Peters (1815-1883), a German naturalist and explorer whose travels to Africa brought to Berlin a huge collection of natural history specimens, including many fishes which Peters described.[2]
References edit
- ^ Hanssens, M. (2006). "Distichodus petersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60793A12399683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60793A12399683.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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