Pyrrhulina

See text Pyrrhulina is a genus of freshwater fishes found in tropical South America.

[1] Pyrrhulina is closely related to Copeina and Copella, although it is distinguished from the former by having only one row of teeth (Copeina spp.

When the genus Copella was established, many species were removed from the genus Pyrrhulina and placed there, because differences in the maxillary bones in the males had been detected.

The 19 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][3][4] Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Pyrrhulininae Etymology: Pyrrhulina: Greek, pyrrhos = red, with the colour of the fire (Ref.

Tropical [6] Maturity: Lm 2.2 Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed.