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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist [[Heraldo A. Britski]] with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/ | title = Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE | access-date= 1 November 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist [[Heraldo A. Britski]] with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/ | title = Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE | access-date= 1 November 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>




==References==
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[[Category:Acestrorhynchidae]]
[[Category:Acestrorhynchidae]]
[[Category:Fish of the São Francisco River basin]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Naércio Aquino de Menezes]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Naércio Aquino de Menezes]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1969]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1969]]

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Acestrorhynchus britskii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhynchidae
Genus: Acestrorhynchus
Species:
A. britskii
Binomial name
Acestrorhynchus britskii
Menezes, 1969

Acestrorhynchus britskii is a species of fish in the family Acestrorhynchidae.[1] It was described by Naércio Aquino de Menezes in 1969. It inhabits the São Francisco river in Brazil. It reaches a maximum standard length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).[1]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski with the Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected the type specimen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acestrorhynchus britskii". FishBase. July 2019 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 November 2021.