''Poptella'' is a genus of
fish
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in the
characin
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family found in
tropical
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South America
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, with four currently described species:
* ''
Poptella brevispina''
R. E. dos Reis, 1989
* ''
Poptella compressa''
( Günther, 1864)
* ''
Poptella longipinnis''
(Popta
Canna Maria Louise Popta (31 May 1860 – 13 June 1929)L.B. Holthuis, Biography i1820-1958, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie page 82 (in Dutch). was a Dutch biologist.
Born in Breda, Popta was one of the first women to enrol as a student at ...
, 1901)
* ''
Poptella paraguayensis''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
References
*
Stethaprionini
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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