Erythrinus kessleri

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

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

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


References

  1. 1 2 3 Erythrinus kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 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. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2021.