Phenacogrammus polli is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in the middle Congo River basin in the Ruki River drainage, the Lomami river and the Lindi-Tshopo river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Phenacogrammus |
| Species: | P. polli
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| Binomial name | |
| Phenacogrammus polli J. G. Lambert, 1961
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Description edit
Phenacogrammus polli reaches a total length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology edit
The tetra is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll (1908-1991).[3]
References edit
- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Phenacogrammus polli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167970A6428539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T167970A6428539.en. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Phenacogrammus polli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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