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The tucan fish has a pale-silver body, with bright-yellow ventral fins (hence its other common name); the rest of its fins are some mixture of yellow and red, usually with a reddish tail fin. In terms of size, it reaches 21.4 cm SL. This makes it one of the larger members of the genus
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678:"Taxonomic revision of the South American fish genus Chalceus Cuvier (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) with the description of three new species"
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also originates in Greek, with "eruthros" meaning red and "ouros" meaning tail in reference to its caudal fin usually being reddish.
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Upon being described by Edward
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The name "tucan fish" directly translates to "toucan fish", as "tucán" means
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Like others in the genus
Chalceus, the tucan fish is primarily a
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (15 September 2020).
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in 1907, but
Jacques GĂ©ry proved it to be a member of the
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rivers, and its habitat extends into Peru by way of the
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is Greek, and means brass or copper. The specific name
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548:"Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Maranon"
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610:"Algunos peces del Oriente perauno"
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978:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
736:"Chalceus erythrurus (Tucanfish)"
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263:Pellegrinina heterolepis
244:Plethodectes erythrurus
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190:Description
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316:References
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