Copella eigenmanni explained

Copella eigenmanni is a species of fish in the splashing tetra family found along the Atlantic coast between Pará to Delta Amacuro, the mouth of the Orinoco. They grow no more than a few centimeters.

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann (1863-1927), who collected the type specimen.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE . 5 November 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192227/http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes3/ . dead .