Erythrinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Erythrinidae
Genus: Erythrinus
Species: E. erythrinus - E. kessleri
Name
Erythrinus Scopoli, 1777

Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.[1]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus,[1] but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.[2]

Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Erythrinus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
Casciotta, Almirón, Ciotek, Giorgis, Říčan, Piálek, Dragová, Croci, Montes Iwaszkiw, and Puentes (2016). Visibilizando lo invisible. Un relevamiento de la diversidad de peces del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, 6(2): 5—77.