Erythrinus kessleri

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Erythrinus kessleri is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae).[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Erythrinus-kessleri.html Erythrinus kessleri] at www.fishbase.org. It is a tropical, freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in Bahia, Brazil;Page 238, Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, by Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris. EDIPUCRS, 2003. {{ISBN|8574303615}}/{{ISBN|9788574303611}} the type locality is the Itapicuru River. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1877.Steindachner, F., 1877 [ref. 4224] See ref. at BHL

Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (III). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.): 559-694, Pls. 1-13. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 19 centimetres.

Although the patronym was not identified, it was probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/ | title = Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE | access-date = 3 November 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 9 January 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220109173908/https://etyfish.org/characiformes2/ | url-status = dead }}