Pyrrhulina maxima

Pyrrhulina maxima
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Lebiasinidae
Genus:	Pyrrhulina
Species:	P. maxima
Binomial name
Pyrrhulina maxima C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889

Pyrrhulina maxima, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, which includes the pencilfishes, splash tetras and related fishes. ^[2] This fish is found in South America in the upper Amazon River. ^[3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in). ^[4]

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 . ^[5]

References

1. Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Pyrrhulina maxima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T164533040A164533046. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T164533040A164533046.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. 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.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina maxima". FishBase . February 2015 version.
5. 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.