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]

Pyrrhulina eleanorae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Pyrrhulina
Species:
P. eleanorae
Binomial name
Pyrrhulina eleanorae
Fowler, 1940

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

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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