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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyrrhulina is a genus of freshwater fishes found in tropical South America. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish.[1]
| Pyrrhulina | |
|---|---|
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| Pyrrhulina sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrrhulininae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina Valenciennes, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Pyrrhulina filamentosa Valenciennes, 1847 | |
| Species | |
Pyrrhulina is closely related to Copeina and Copella, although it is distinguished from the former by having only one row of teeth (Copeina spp. have two). When the genus Copella was established, many species were removed from the genus Pyrrhulina and placed there, because differences in the maxillary bones in the males had been detected. Copella species are slimmer and more elongated than those species that remained in the genus Pyrrhulina.
The 19 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][3][4]
Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Pyrrhulininae Etymology: Pyrrhulina: Greek, pyrrhos = red, with the colour of the fire (Ref. 45335). More on authors: Eigenmann & Kennedy.[5]
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical [6]
Maturity: Lm 2.2 Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed. [7]
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