''Pyrrhulina marilynae'' is a species of fish in the ''
Pyrrhulina
''Pyrrhulina'' is a genus of freshwater fishes found in tropical South America. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish.
''Pyrrhulina'' is closely related to '' Copeina'' and ''Copella'', although it is distinguished from the former b ...
'' genus found in the basins of the
Tapajós
The Tapajós ( pt, Rio Tapajós ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest clearw ...
and
Xingu River
The Xingu River ( ; pt, Rio Xingu, ; Mẽbêngôkre: ''Byti'', ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water.
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. They grow no more than a few centimeters.
The fish is named in honor of Marilyn Weitzman (b. 1926) of the Smithsonian Institution, for mentorship to both describers when they began studying the family ''
Lebiasinidae
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 a ...
''. Marilyn Weitzman is the wife of ichthyologist
Stanley Weitzman.
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Fish described in 2013
Fish of Brazil
Lebiasinidae
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