| 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 | |
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Nannostomus beckfordi Günther, 1872 |
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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.