''Erythrinus kessleri'' is a species of trahira (family

Erythrinidae The Erythrinidae are a family of fishes found in rivers and other freshwater habitats from Costa Rica south as far as Argentina. They are common and are caught with hooks by fishermen, partially because of their voracious behaviour. They are som ...

).''Erythrinus kessleri''
at www.fishbase.org. It is a

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

freshwater fish Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine habitats in many wa ...

which is known from coastal rivers in

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;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. / the type locality is the

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. It was described by

Franz Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner des ...

in 1877.Steindachner, F., 1877 ef. 4224See 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 Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...

of 19 centimetres. Although the patronym was not identified, it was probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist

Karl Fedorovich Kessler Karl Fedorovich Kessler (; – ) was a Baltic German zoologist who worked as a professor of biology at Saint Petersburg Imperial University. Among his contributions was the idea that evolution at an infraspecific level involved mutual aid a ...

(1815-1881).

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External links

''Erythrinus kessleri''
at www.fishwise.co.za
''Erythrinus kessleri''
at

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3763082 Erythrinidae Fish described in 1877