Lebiasinidae

The pencil fishes are a family (Lebiasinidae) of freshwater fishes found in Costa Rica, Panama, and South America. They are usually small and are known as ornamental fishes in aquaria, including popular fishes such as the various pencil fish and the splashing tetra.

Lebiasinidae
Nannostomus trifasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Lebiasinidae
Subfamilies

Lebiasininae
Pyrrhulininae

Lebiasinids are small, cylindrical fish, ranging from 2 to 18 cm (0.8 to 7.1 in) in adult length. They prey on insect larvae, especially those of mosquitos. The family includes the voladoras (genera Lebiasina and Piabucina), mostly found in highlands of the north Andes, the Guiana Shield and Central America, but the other species are mainly lowland fish inhabiting the Orinoco, Amazon and Paraguay River basins, and rivers of the Guianas.[1]

Genera

Around 67 species are placed in these genera:[2]

Subfamily Lebiasininae - voladoras

Subfamily Pyrrhulininae, tribe Pyrrhulinini

Subfamily Pyrrhulininae, tribe Nannostomini

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  1. Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Lebiasinidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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