Ophthalmolebias ilheusensisis akillifishfrom thefamilyRivulidaewhich isendemictoBrazilwhere it is only known from river floodplains nearIlhéusinBahia.[1]Fishbasehas this as the only species in the genusOpthamolebiaswith the other five species which other authorities classify as being within that genus placed inSimpsonichthys.[2][3]The genusOphthalmolebiaswas initially considered asubgenusofSimpsonichthys,but has been elevated to full genus status.[4]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Ophthalmolebias Costa, 2006 |
| Species: | O. ilheusensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis (W. J. E. M. Costa&S. M. Q. Lima,2010)
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| Synonyms | |
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Simpsonichthys ilheusensisCosta & Lima, 2010 | |
References
edit- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis".FishBase.April 2019 version.
- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusOphthalmolebias".FishBase.April 2019 version.
- ^Eschmeyer, William N.;Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.)."Species in the genusOphthalmolebias".Catalog of Fishes.California Academy of Sciences.Retrieved8 November2018.
- ^Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016)."Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids".Vertebrate Zoology.66(2): 125–140.doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31538.
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