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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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
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Genus: | Distichodus |
Species: | D. petersii |
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Distichodus petersii Pfeffer, 1896 | |
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]
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