Pyrrhulina eleanorae

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

Pyrrhulina eleanorae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, which includes the pencilfishes, splash tetras and related fishes. [2] This species is found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters. [3]

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Etymology

Fish named in honor of Eleanor Morrow, the wife of William C. Morrow, who was the leader of the Peruvian expedition that collected the type specimen. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ortega Torres, H. & Sanchez-Duarte, P. (2016). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T49829834A53817498. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49829834A53817498.en . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pyrrhulina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  4. ↑ 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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