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Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Nannopetersius lamberti is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in the African river basins of the Ntem, the Ogooué, the Nyanga and the Kouilou Rivers.

Wikipedia contributors, Nannopetersius lamberti; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:16:34.552966+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967
Name authority
Poll, 1967
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Alestidae
Genus
Nannopetersius
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCharaciformes
  11. suborderCharacoidei
  12. familyAlestidae Cockerell, 1910
  13. genusNannopetersius Hoedeman, 1956
  14. speciesNannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Nannopetersius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Nannopetersius mutambuei Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Phenacogrammus lamberti (Poll, 1967) (Poll, 1967)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.

  1. Poll, M. (1967). Révision des Characidae nains Africans. Annales, Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques, No. 162: 1–158. 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:45MLK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.