Pyrrhulina australis
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| Pyrrhulina australis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| Species: | P. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina australis C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 | |
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Pyrrhulina australis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lebiasinidae, which includes the pencilfishes, splash tetras and related fishes.[2] The fishes in this genus are found in South America, where they occur in the La Plata and Paraguay River basins north into the Guaporé River basin.[3]
