Biology:Pyrrhulina eleanorae
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Short description: Species of fish
| Pyrrhulina eleanorae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| 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 Eleanor Morrow, the wife of William P. Morrow, who was the leader of the Peruvian expedition that collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2893583 entry
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