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Family: Lebiasinidae Pencilfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Copeina guttata Redspotted tetra South America 7.6 SL 1876
Copeina osgoodi South America 5.1 SL 1922
Copella arnoldi Splash tetra South America 3.4 SL 1912
Copella carsevennensis South America 5.7 TL 1912
Copella compta South America 5.1 SL 1927
Copella eigenmanni South America 3.6 SL 1912
Copella meinkeni South America 4.5 SL 2006
Copella metae South America 3.4 SL 1914
Copella nattereri Spotted tetra South America 4.5 SL 1876
Copella nigrofasciata South America 4.5 SL 1952
Copella vilmae Rainbow copella South America 4.5 SL 1963
Derhamia hoffmannorum South America 6.1 SL 2002
Lebiasina ardilai South America 12.4 SL 2013
Lebiasina bimaculata Twospot lebiasina South America 16 SL 1847
Lebiasina chocoensis South America 14.9 SL 2010
Lebiasina chucuriensis South America 14.8 TL 2001
Lebiasina colombia South America 16.3 TL 2008
Lebiasina floridablancaensis South America 13 TL 1994
Lebiasina intermedia South America 10.7 TL 1936
Lebiasina marilynae South America 8.9 SL 2012
Lebiasina melanoguttata South America 6.8 SL 2012
Lebiasina minuta South America 6.8 SL 2012
Lebiasina multimaculata South America 15 SL 1911
Lebiasina narinensis South America 2002
Lebiasina ortegai South America 10.4 TL 2008
Lebiasina provenzanoi South America 12.3 TL 1999
Lebiasina taphorni South America 2004
Lebiasina uruyensis South America 14.6 SL 1967
Lebiasina yepezi South America 15.3 SL 2011
Lebiasina yuruaniensis South America 10 TL 2000
Nannostomus anduzei South America 1.6 SL 1987
Nannostomus beckfordi Golden pencilfish South America 6.5 SL 1872
Nannostomus bifasciatus Whiteside pencilfish South America 3.4 SL 1954
Nannostomus britskii Spotstripe pencilfish South America 2.4 SL 1978
Nannostomus digrammus Twostripe pencilfish South America 2.8 SL 1913
Nannostomus eques Brown pencilfish South America 5 TL 1876
Nannostomus erythrurus South America 2.9 SL 1909
Nannostomus espei Barred pencilfish South America 4 TL 1956
Nannostomus grandis South America 4.6 SL 2011
Nannostomus harrisoni Blackstripe pencilfish South America 4.5 SL 1909
Nannostomus limatus Elegant pencilfish South America 3.6 SL 1978
Nannostomus marginatus South America 3.5 TL 1909
Nannostomus marilynae Greenstripe pencilfish South America 5 TL 1975
Nannostomus minimus Least pencilfish South America 2.3 SL 1909
Nannostomus mortenthaleri South America 2.9 SL 2001
Nannostomus nigrotaeniatus South America 3.3 SL 2013
Nannostomus nitidus Shining pencilfish South America 3.5 SL 1978
Nannostomus rubrocaudatus South America 2.6 SL 2009
Nannostomus trifasciatus Threestripe pencilfish South America 3.6 SL 1876
Nannostomus unifasciatus Oneline pencilfish South America 3.8 SL 1876
Piabucina astrigata South America 16 SL 1903
Piabucina aureoguttata South America 12.8 SL 1911
Piabucina boruca Central America 11.8 SL 1967
Piabucina elongata South America 14.3 SL 1887
Piabucina erythrinoides South America 16.4 SL 1850
Piabucina festae Central and South America 13.5 SL 1899
Piabucina panamensis Central and South America 14.3 SL 1877
Piabucina pleurotaenia South America 16 TL 1903
Piabucina unitaeniata South America 14.6 SL 1864
Pyrrhulina australis South America 5 SL 1903
Pyrrhulina beni South America 5 SL 1924
Pyrrhulina brevis South America 7 SL 1876
Pyrrhulina eleanorae South America 7.5 SL 1940
Pyrrhulina elongata South America 3.7 SL 2001
Pyrrhulina filamentosa South America 11.1 SL 1847
Pyrrhulina laeta Halfbanded pyrrhulina South America 7.6 SL 1872
Pyrrhulina lugubris South America 5 SL 1922
Pyrrhulina marilynae South America 3 SL 2013
Pyrrhulina maxima South America 8 SL 1889
Pyrrhulina melanostomus Blackmouth pyrrhulina South America 1870
Pyrrhulina obermulleri South America 6 SL 1926
Pyrrhulina rachoviana Fanning pyrrhulina South America 3.9 SL 1926
Pyrrhulina semifasciata South America 7 SL 1876
Pyrrhulina spilota South America 7 SL 1960
Pyrrhulina stoli South America 6 SL 1953
Pyrrhulina vittata Banded pyrrhulina South America 3.5 SL 1912
Pyrrhulina zigzag South America 3.5 SL 1997



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