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Pencilfishes (Lebiasinidae)

The Pencilfishes (Lebiasinidae) family has 23 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 18 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

  • Barred pencilfish (Nannostomus espei)Barred pencilfishNannostomus espei
  • Golden pencilfish (Nannostomus beckfordi)Golden pencilfishNannostomus beckfordi
  • Oneline pencilfish (Nannostomus unifasciatus)Oneline pencilfishNannostomus unifasciatus
  • Redspotted tetra (Copeina guttata)Redspotted tetraCopeina guttata
  • Nannostomus marginatusNannostomus marginatus
  • Banded pyrrhulina (Pyrrhulina vittata)Banded pyrrhulinaPyrrhulina vittata
  • Blackstripe pencilfish (Nannostomus harrisoni)Blackstripe pencilfishNannostomus harrisoni
  • Brown pencilfish (Nannostomus eques)Brown pencilfishNannostomus eques
  • Fanning pyrrhulina (Pyrrhulina rachoviana)Fanning pyrrhulinaPyrrhulina rachoviana
  • Greenstripe pencilfish (Nannostomus marilynae)Greenstripe pencilfishNannostomus marilynae
  • Halfbanded pyrrhulina (Pyrrhulina laeta)Halfbanded pyrrhulinaPyrrhulina laeta
  • Rainbow copella (Copella vilmae)Rainbow copellaCopella vilmae
  • Splash tetra (Copella arnoldi)Splash tetraCopella arnoldi
  • Spotted tetra (Copella nattereri)Spotted tetraCopella nattereri
  • Threestripe pencilfish (Nannostomus trifasciatus)Threestripe pencilfishNannostomus trifasciatus
  • Twospot lebiasina (Lebiasina bimaculata)Twospot lebiasinaLebiasina bimaculata
  • Twostripe pencilfish (Nannostomus digrammus)Twostripe pencilfishNannostomus digrammus
  • Whiteside pencilfish (Nannostomus bifasciatus)Whiteside pencilfishNannostomus bifasciatus
  • Blackmouth pyrrhulinaPyrrhulina melanostoma
  • Elegant pencilfishNannostomus limatus
  • Least pencilfish (Nannostomus minimus)Least pencilfishNannostomus minimus
  • Shining pencilfish (Nannostomus nitidus)Shining pencilfishNannostomus nitidus
  • Spotstripe pencilfish (Nannostomus britskii)Spotstripe pencilfishNannostomus britskii
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