Stenolebias
Stenolebias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Stenolebias , 1995 |
Type species | |
Plesiolebias damascenoi Costa, 1991[1]
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Stenolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These relatively rare annual killifish are endemic to seasonal waters in the Pantanal in Brazil.[2]
They are small fish, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in total length.[3]
Species[]
Stenolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Plesiolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[4]
There are currently two recognized species in Stenolebias:[3]
- W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995
- (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Stenolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Costa, W.J.E.M. (1995). "Two new genera and two new species of the neotropical annual fishes Plesiolebiathini (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with studies on the relationships of the tribe". Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie. 21 (3–4): 65–74.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Stenolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Rivulidae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs