Biology:Pyrrhulina rachoviana

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Pyrrhulina rachoviana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 the name Pyrrhulina rachoviana, but was probably imported from Brazil , not Argentina .[2][3]

References

  1. Myers, G. S. 1926. "Eine neue südamerikanische Characinidenart der Gattung Pyrrhulina"; Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarien-Kunde 37: 441-442. Stuttgart.
  2. 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. pp. 248. ISBN 978-85-7430-361-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=9tiDHrzxf9QC&pg=PA248. 
  3. 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. https://archive.org/details/handbookoftropic00herb/page/256. 

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