Mucurilebias leitaoiis a species ofrivulidkillifishendemictoBrazilwhere it occurs, or formerly occurred, in the basin of theMucuri River.Thisspeciescan reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in)TL.[1]This species has not been seen since the original series of types was collected in 1988 and it may have become extinct due to the extensivehabitat lossin the region. This species is theonly known memberof its genus, but it was formerly included inLeptolebias.[2]Thespecific nameof this fish honours theBrazilianichthyologistandherpetologistAntenor Leitão de Carvalho(1910-1985).[3]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Mucurilebias W. J. E. M. Costa,2014 |
| Species: | M. leitaoi
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| Mucurilebias leitaoi (C. A. G. da Cruz&O. L. Peixoto,1992)
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Cynolebias leitaoiC. A. G. da Cruz & O. L. Peixoto, 1992 | |
References
edit- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Mucurilebias leitaoi".FishBase.April 2019 version.
- ^Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014):A new genus of miniature cynolebiasine from the Atlantic Forest and alternative biogeographical explanations for seasonal killifish distribution patterns in South America (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).Vertebrate Zoology, 64 (1): 23–33.
- ^Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019)."Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE".The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database.Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.Retrieved22 September2019.
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