Lebiasinidae

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: Lebiasinidae

Subfamiliae:

Lebiasininae
Genus: Lebiasina – Piabucina

Pyrrhulininae
Genera: Copeina – Copella – Nannostomus – Pyrrhulina

incertae sedis in Lebiasinidae
Genus: Derhamia

Name

Lebiasinidae Gill, 1893

References

Gill, T. N.; 1893: Families and subfamilies of fishes. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, Mem. VI: 127–138.
Genera of Lebiasinidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Vernacular names

The pencil fishes are a family (Lebiasinidae) of freshwater fishes found in Costa Rica, Panama, and South America. They are usually small and are known as ornamental fishes in aquaria, including popular fishes such as the various pencil fish and the splashing tetra.

Lebiasinids are small, cylindrical fish, ranging from 2 to 18 cm (0.8 to 7.1 in) in adult length. They prey on insect larvae, especially those of mosquitos. The family includes the voladoras (genera Lebiasina and Piabucina), mostly found in highlands of the north Andes, the Guiana Shield and Central America, but the other species are mainly lowland fish inhabiting the Orinoco, Amazon and Paraguay River basins, and rivers of the Guianas.[1]
Genera

Around 67 species are placed in these genera:[2]

Subfamily Lebiasininae - voladoras

Derhamia (one species)
Lebiasina (12 species)
Piabucina (9 species)

Subfamily Pyrrhulininae, tribe Pyrrhulinini

Copeina (two species)
Copella (9 species)
Pyrrhulina (17 species)

Subfamily Pyrrhulininae, tribe Nannostomini

Nannostomus (17 species)

External links

Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Lebiasinidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7