Xenurolebiasis agenusoffishin thefamilyRivulidae.These annualkillifishareendemicto temporary pools in theAtlantic forestnear the coast in southeastBahiaandEspírito Santo,Brazil.[2]
| Xenurolebias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Xenurolebias W. J. E. M. Costa,2006 |
| Type species | |
| Simpsonichthys myersi Carvalho, 1971[1]
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They are small fish, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) intotal length.[3]As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[2]
Species
editXenurolebiaswas formerly regarded as a subgenus ofSimpsonichthys.[4][5]
There are currently 4 recognized species inXenurolebias:[2][3]
References
edit- ^Eschmeyer, William N.;Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.)."Xenurolebias".Catalog of Fishes.California Academy of Sciences.Retrieved16 September2019.
- ^abcCosta, W.J.E.M. & Amorim, P.F. (2014): Integrative taxonomy and conservation of seasonal killifishes, Xenurolebias (Teleostei: Rivulidae), and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.Systematics and Biodiversity, 12 (3): 350-365.
- ^abFroese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusXenurolebias".FishBase.November 2018 version.
- ^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.
- ^Loureiro, M.; R. De Sá; S.W. Serra; F. Alonso; L.E.K. Lanés; M.V. Volcan; P. Calviño; D. Nielsen; A. Duarte; G. Garcia (2018)."Review of the family Rivulidae (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei) and a molecular and morphological phylogeny of the annual fish genus Austrolebias Costa 1998".Neotropical Ichthyology.16(3): e180007.doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180007.hdl:20.500.12008/26301.
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