| Blackline penguinfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Thayeria |
| Species: | T. boehlkei
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| Binomial name | |
| Thayeria boehlkei S. H. Weitzman, 1957
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Thayeria boehlkei is a species of characin fish endemic to the Amazon River basin and Araguaia River, in Peru and Brazil respectively.[2] The species is popular with aquarium hobbyists where it is traded under a variety of common names including blackline penguinfish, blackline thayeria, hockey-stick tetra, penguin fish and penguin tetra.[2][3][4]
The fish is named in honor of James E. Böhlke (1930-1982) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, because of his interest in and contributions to the knowledge of South American characids.[5]
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Thayeria boehlkei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T49830510A141158690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T49830510A141158690.en. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thayeria boehlkei". FishBase. Apr 2007 version.
- ^ Mills D (1993) Aquarium Fish Harper Collins ISBN 0-7322-5012-9
- ^ Axelrod HR, Vorderwinkler W (1995) Encyclopedia of tropical fishes. 30th edition. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, USA.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (h-t)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 October 2021.