Papiliolebiasis agenusoffishin thefamilyRivulidae.These annualkillifishareendemicto seasonal pools in theParaguayand upperMadeirariver basins in northwestern Argentina, central and southeastern Bolivia, and western Paraguay.[1][2][3]
| Papiliolebias | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Papiliolebias W. J. E. M. Costa,1998 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiolebias bitteri W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989
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They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) intotal length.[4]As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[1][2][3]
Species
editPapiliolebiasand the closely relatedMaratecoara,Pituna,PlesiolebiasandStenolebiasform aclade,Plesiolebiasini.[5]
There are currently 5 recognized species inPapiliolebias:[4]
References
edit- ^abcNielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2014):Description of a new annual fish,Papiliolebias ashleyae(Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper Rio Mamoré basin, Bolivia.aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 53-59.
- ^abcValdesalici, S. & Brousseau, R. (2014):A newPapiliolebiasspecies (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from Bolivian Amazon.aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 117-122.
- ^abcValdesalici, S., Nielsen, D.T.B., Brousseau, R. & Phunkner, J. (2016):Papiliolebias habluetzeli(Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae) a new miniature annual fish from the upper Rio Mamoré, Bolivia.aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (4): 155-164.
- ^abFroese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusPapiliolebias".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.