''Erythrinus'' is a genus of relatively small
trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical
South America
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.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus,
[ but a possibly ]undescribed species
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is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.[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.]
* '' Erythrinus erythrinus'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
* '' Erythrinus kessleri'' Steindachner, 1877
References
Erythrinidae
Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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