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Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae Pencilfishes
Subfamily: Pyrrhulininae
Genus: Pyrrhulina

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18 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pyrrhulina australis South America 5 SL 1903
Pyrrhulina beni South America 5 SL 1924
Pyrrhulina brevis South America 7 SL 1876
Pyrrhulina eleanorae South America 7.5 SL 1940
Pyrrhulina elongata South America 3.7 SL 2001
Pyrrhulina filamentosa South America 11.1 SL 1847
Pyrrhulina laeta Halfbanded pyrrhulina South America 7.6 SL 1872
Pyrrhulina lugubris South America 5 SL 1922
Pyrrhulina marilynae South America 3 SL 2013
Pyrrhulina maxima South America 8 SL 1889
Pyrrhulina melanostomus Blackmouth pyrrhulina South America 1870
Pyrrhulina obermulleri South America 6 SL 1926
Pyrrhulina rachoviana Fanning pyrrhulina South America 3.9 SL 1926
Pyrrhulina semifasciata South America 7 SL 1876
Pyrrhulina spilota South America 7 SL 1960
Pyrrhulina stoli South America 6 SL 1953
Pyrrhulina vittata Banded pyrrhulina South America 3.5 SL 1912
Pyrrhulina zigzag South America 3.5 SL 1997



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