Animal Diversity Web

Nannostomus espei

Barred pencilfish

(Also: Comma pencilfish; Espei's pencilfish; Fourbarred pencilfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Characiformes
        
        Family Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes)
        
        Genus Nannostomus
        
        Species Nannostomus espei (Barred pencilfish)