Erythrinus kessleri

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Erythrinus kessleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Erythrinus
Species:
E. kessleri
Binomial name
Erythrinus kessleri

Erythrinus kessleri is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae). [1] It is a tropical, freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in Bahia, Brazil; [1] [2] the type locality is the Itapicuru River. [2] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1877. [3] Males can reach a maximum standard length of 19 centimetres. [1]

Although the patronym was not identified, it was probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881). [4]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 Erythrinus kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Page 238, Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, by Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris. EDIPUCRS, 2003. ISBN   8574303615/ ISBN   9788574303611
  3. Steindachner, F., 1877 [ref. 4224] See ref. at BHL Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (III). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.): 559-694, Pls. 1-13.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.