Erythrinus
Genus of fishes
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Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.[2]
| Erythrinus | |
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| Erythrinus erythrinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Erythrinus Scopoli, 1777[1] |
| Type species | |
| Synodus erythrinus | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus,[3] but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu river basins.[4]
- Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877
