Pyrrhulina maxima
| Pyrrhulina maxima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| Species: | P. maxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina maxima C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
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Pyrrhulina maxima, is a species of freshwater fish known as pencilfish found in South America. These fish are found in the upper Amazon River. [1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in).[2]
Etymology
The fishes name is Latin for large or great, referring to a larger size compared with the "closely related" P. brevis and P. (=Copella) nattereri. [3]
References
- ^ Weitzman, M. and S.H. Weitzman, 2003. Lebiasinidae (Pencil fishes). p. 241-251. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina maxima". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 May 2025.