Leptocypris weeksii

Leptocypris weeksii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae.^[2] This fish is found in the lower Congo River, the central and upper Congo River basin, and Pool Malebo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[3]

Leptocypris weeksii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Leptocypris
Species:	L. weeksii
Binomial name
Leptocypris weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Barilius weeksii Boulenger, 1899 Raiamas weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Henry Weeks (1861–1924), a Baptist missionary, an ethnographer, an explorer and diarist, who collected the holotype specimen at his mission station in Monsembe, upper Congo River, Zaire.^[4]