Pyrrhulina rachoviana
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Pyrrhulina rachoviana G. S. Myers, 1926[1]
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Pyrrhulina rachoviana is a small species of tropical fish from the family Lebiasinidae named in honor of the German aquarist . The type locality is Rosario, Argentina. A species is sold in the aquarium trade under the name Pyrrhulina rachoviana, but was probably imported from Brazil, not Argentina.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Myers, G. S. 1926. "Eine neue südamerikanische Characinidenart der Gattung Pyrrhulina"; Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarien-Kunde 37: 441-442. Stuttgart.
- ^ Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander & Carl J. Ferraris (2003). "Pyrrhulina rachoviana Myers, 1926". Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. p. 248. ISBN 978-85-7430-361-1.
- ^ Herbert R. Axelrod & Leonard Peter Schultz (1983). Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes. Neptune City, NJ: . p. 256. ISBN 0-86622-138-7.
Categories:
- Lebiasinidae
- Freshwater fish of Argentina
- Fishkeeping
- Taxa named by George S. Myers
- Fish described in 1926