Pyrrhulina Rachoviana
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''Pyrrhulina rachoviana'' is a small species of tropical fish from the family Lebiasinidae named in honor of the German aquarist
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. The type locality is Rosario, Argentina. A species is sold in the aquarium trade under the name ''Pyrrhulina rachoviana'', but was probably imported from
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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3754533 Lebiasinidae Freshwater fish of Argentina Fishkeeping Taxa named by George S. Myers Fish described in 1926