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]

Pyrrhulina rachoviana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Pyrrhulina
Species:
P. rachoviana
Binomial name
Pyrrhulina rachoviana

References

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  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. p. 248. ISBN 978-85-7430-361-1.
  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.