''Carnegiella schereri'', a species of

freshwater hatchetfish The freshwater hatchetfish are a family, Gasteropelecidae, of ray-finned fish from South and Central America. The common hatchetfish is the most popular member among fish keeping hobbyists. The family includes three genera: ''Carnegiella'' (fo ...

, is native to the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

in Peru and Brazil. 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).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
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.

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Gasteropelecidae Taxa named by Augustín Fernández-Yépez Fish described in 1950 Fish of Peru Fish of Brazil {{Characiformes-stub