Pyrrhulina rachoviana
| Pyrrhulina rachoviana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| Species: | P. rachoviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina rachoviana G. S. Myers, 1926[1] | |
Pyrrhulina rachoviana is a small species of tropical fish from the family Lebiasinidae named in honor of the German aquarist Arthur Rachow. The type locality is Rosario, Argentina. A species is sold in the aquarium trade under tha 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: T. F. H. Publications. p. 256. ISBN 0-86622-138-7.
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