Erythrinus
Erythrinus | |
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Erythrinus erythrinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Erythrinidae |
Genus: | Erythrinus Scopoli, 1777 |
Type species | |
Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | |
Species | |
See text |
Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus,[1] but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.[2]
- Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erythrinus". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ Casciotta, Almirón, Ciotek, Giorgis, Říčan, Piálek, Dragová, Croci, Montes Iwaszkiw, and Puentes (2016). Visibilizando lo invisible. Un relevamiento de la diversidad de peces del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, 6(2): 5—77.