Erythrinus

Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.^[2]

Erythrinus
Erythrinus erythrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Erythrinidae
Genus:	Erythrinus Scopoli, 1777[1]
Type species
Synodus erythrinus Bloch & Schneider, 1801[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Erythrichthys Bonaparte, 1831 Hetererythrinus Günther, 1864

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus,^[2] but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.^[3]

• Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877