Pyrrhulina eleanorae
| Pyrrhulina eleanorae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Species: | P. eleanorae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina eleanorae Fowler, 1940
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Pyrrhulina eleanorae is a species of fish in the Pyrrhulina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters.[1]
Fish named in honor of , the wife of William P. Morrow, who was the leader of the Peruvian expedition that collected the type specimen.[2]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
External links[]
Data related to Pyrrhulina eleanorae at Wikispecies
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Fish described in 1940
- Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
- Lebiasinidae
- Fish of South America