Erythrinus kessleri

Erythrinus kessleri is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae).[1] It is a tropical, freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in Bahia, Brazil;[1][2] the type locality is the Itapicuru River.[2] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1877.[3] Males can reach a maximum standard length of 19 centimetres.[1]

Erythrinus kessleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Erythrinus
Species:
E. kessleri
Binomial name
Erythrinus kessleri

Although the patronym was not identified, it was probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881).[4]


References

  1. Erythrinus kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Page 238, Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, by Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris. EDIPUCRS, 2003. ISBN 8574303615/ISBN 9788574303611
  3. Steindachner, F., 1877 [ref. 4224] See ref. at BHL Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (III). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.): 559-694, Pls. 1-13.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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