Nannopetersius mutambuei

Nannopetersius mutambuei is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to the Inkisi River upstream of the Sanga dam in the lower Congo River basin, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description
Nannopetersius mutambuei reaches a standard length of 12.0 cm.

Etymology
The species epithet is named in honor of Prof. Mutambue Shango, the General Academic Secretary, of the École Régionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et gestion Intégrée des Forêts et territoires Tropicaux in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was responsible for collecting many fishes from the Inkisi River basin in 1985 and 1986.