Erythrinus kessleri is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae).Erythrinus kessleri at www.fishbase.org. It is a tropical, freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in Bahia, Brazil;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 Itapicuru River. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1877.Steindachner, F., 1877 [ref. 4224] See 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 of 19 centimetres.
Although the patronym was not identified, it was probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881).
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External links Erythrinus kessleri at ITIS