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Psellogrammus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Psellogrammus kennedyi, which occurs in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is found in the Paraguay and São Francisco River basins.

Psellogrammus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Psellogrammus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
Species:	P. kennedyi
Binomial name
Psellogrammus kennedyi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903)

The fish is named in honor of Clarence Hamilton Kennedy (1879-1952), Eigenmann’s student, later a renowned entomologist, who co-authored work on Paraguayan fishes in which appeared this description.[1]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Psellogrammus kennedyi" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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