Plesiolebias
Plesiolebias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Plesiolebias , 1989 |
Type species | |
Cynolebias xavantei Costa, Lacerda & Tanizaki, 1988[1]
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Plesiolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools, swamps and lagoons in the Araguaia–Tocantins, Xingu, and uppermost Paraguay (Pantanal) river basins in Brazil.[2]
They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[3] As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[2]
Species[]
Plesiolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Stenolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[2]
There are currently eight recognized species in Plesiolebias:[3]
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References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Plesiolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Costa, W.J.E.M. (2007). "Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species". Zootaxa. 1410: 1–41.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Plesiolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
Categories:
- Rivulidae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs