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]
lebiasinidae, pencil, fishes, family, freshwater, fishes, found, costa, rica, panama, south, america, they, usually, small, known, ornamental, fishes, aquaria, including, popular, fishes, such, various, pencil, fish, splashing, tetra, nannostomus, trifasciatus. 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 LebiasinidaeNannostomus trifasciatusScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder CharaciformesFamily LebiasinidaeSubfamiliesLebiasininaePyrrhulininaeLebiasinids 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 EditAround 67 species are placed in these genera 2 Subfamily Lebiasininae voladoras Derhamia one species Lebiasina 12 species Piabucina 9 species Subfamily Pyrrhulininae tribe Pyrrhulinini Copeina two species Copella 9 species Pyrrhulina 17 species Subfamily Pyrrhulininae tribe Nannostomini Nannostomus 17 species External links Edit 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 Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2011 Lebiasinidae in FishBase October 2011 version Nelson Joseph S 2006 Fishes of the World John Wiley amp Sons Inc ISBN 0 471 25031 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lebiasinidae amp oldid 1010451629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
