| Carnegiella schereri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
| Genus: | Carnegiella |
| Species: | C. schereri |
| Binomial name | |
| Carnegiella schereri Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | |
Carnegiella schereri, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfishes. This species is found in the Amazon Basin in Peru and Brazil.[2] It is often sold for home aquariums as silver hatchetfish, dwarf hatchetfish, or Scherer's hatchetfish, and grows to about 2.6 centimeters (1 inch).[3]
It is named in honor of William G. Scherer, an evangelical missionary at Pebas, Peru, who collected the type specimen and shared his collection of fishes from the Peruvian Amazon.[4]
References
- Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Carnegiella schereri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49829768A159098638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829768A159098638.en. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Carnegiella schereri". FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Tropical Fish Finder.co.uk - The ultimate UK fish keeping resource for all types of tropical and marine fish, including fish books, articles, fish shops, fish clubs and more Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Christopher Scharpf (3 January 2024). "Family GASTEROPELECIDAE Bleeker 1859 (Freshwater Hatchetfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 14 August 2025.