Erythrinus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Erythrinus erythrinus.jpg
| image_caption = Erythrinus erythrinus
| taxon = Erythrinus
| authority = Scopoli, 1777{{Cof family|family=Eythrinidae|access-date=21 June 2025}}
| type_species = Synodus erythrinus
| type_species_authority = Bloch & Schneider, 1801
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Erythrichthys | Bonaparte, 1831
| Hetererythrinus | Günther, 1864
}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.{{FishBase genus | genus = Erythrinus| month = February | year = 2017}}
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus, but a possibly undescribed species 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 & Schneider, 1801)
- Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877
References
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Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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