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Copella eigenmanni

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Species of fish

Copella eigenmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Genus: Copella
Species: C. eigenmanni
Binomial name
Copella eigenmanni
Regan, 1912

Copella eigenmanni is a species of fish in the splashing tetra family found along the Atlantic coast between Pará to Delta Amacuro, the mouth of the Orinoco. They grow no more than a few centimeters.

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann (1863-1927), who collected the type specimen.


References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copella eigenmanni". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Copella eigenmanni


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