title: Erythrinus
text: # Erythrinus
  
  Erythrinus is a genus of relatively small trahiras, freshwater fish from tropical South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two recognized species in this genus, but a possibly undescribed species is known from the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin.
  
  * Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
  * Erythrinus kessleri Steindachner, 1877
  