Golden pencilfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Lebiasinidae |
Genus: | Nannostomus |
Species: | N. beckfordi |
Binomial name | |
Nannostomus beckfordi Günther, 1872 |
Nannostomus beckfordi, commonly known as the golden pencil fish, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the Lebiasinidae family of characins. It occurs widely and commonly in swamps and slow-moving waters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.