Pyrrhulina rachoviana

Pyrrhulina rachoviana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Lebiasinidae
Genus:	Pyrrhulina
Species:	P. rachoviana
Binomial name
Pyrrhulina rachoviana G. S. Myers, 1926 [2]

Pyrrhulina rachoviana is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, which includes the pencilfishes, splash tetras and related fishes. ^[3] This species has a specific name which honours 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. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Perez, A. (2023). "Pyrrhulina rachoviana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T176461884A176461948. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176461884A176461948.en . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
2. Myers, G. S. 1926. "Eine neue südamerikanische Characinidenart der Gattung Pyrrhulina"; Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarien-Kunde 37: 441-442. Stuttgart.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.