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Pyrrhulina eleanorae

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Pyrrhulina eleanorae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 fish in the Pyrrhulina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters.[1]

Fish named in honor of Eleanor Morrow, the wife of William P. Morrow, who was the leader of the Peruvian expedition that collected the type specimen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ 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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