Nannocharax minutus Worthington, 1933
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nannocharax minutus Worthington, 1933
- Name authority
- Worthington, 1933
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Distichodontidae
- Genus
- Nannocharax
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCitharinoidei
- familyDistichodontidae Günther, 1864
- genusNannocharax Günther, 1867
- speciesNannocharax minutus Worthington, 1933
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nannocharax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nannocharax angolensis (Poll, 1967) | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax ansorgii Boulenger, 1911 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax elongatus Boulenger, 1900 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax hastatus Jerep & Vari, 2014 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax intermedius Boulenger, 1903 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax lineostriatus (Poll, 1967) | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax machadoi (Poll, 1967) | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax micros Fowler, 1936 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax multifasciatus Boulenger, 1923 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger, 1907 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hemigrammocharax minutus (Worthington, 1933) (Worthington, 1933) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Worthington, E. B. (1933). The fishes (other than Cichlidae) of Lake Bangweulu and adjoining regions, including descriptions of three new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 10) v. 12 (no. 67) (art. 3): 34–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933308673749 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:45MC3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.