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Austrolebias

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Austrolebias
Austrolebias nigripinnis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrolebias
W. J. E. M. Costa, 1998
Type species
Cynolebias bellottii
Steindachner, 1881[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acantholebias Costa, 2008
  • Acrolebias Costa 2008
  • Argolebias Costa 2008
  • Cypholebias Costa 2008
  • Gymnolebias Costa 2008
  • Megalebias Costa 2008

Austrolebias is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish live in temporary pools, swamps and streams in the Río de la Plata, PatosMirim and Mamoré basins in South America.[3][4]

Most species are small, less than 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length, but a few reach 15–22 cm (5.9–8.7 in), making them some of the largest killifish (only a few Fundulus, Moema and Orestias reach a similar or larger size).[3][5]

Species

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There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus:[5]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rivulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Costa, W.J.E.M. (2006). "The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): Phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 1213: 1–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1067.1.1.
  4. ^ Alonso, F.; P.A. Calviño; G.E. Terán; I. García (2016). "Geographical distribution of Austrolebias monstrosus (Huber, 1995), A. elongatus (Steindachner, 1881) and A. vandenbergi (Huber, 1995) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), with comments on the biogeography and ecology of Rivulidae in Pampasic and Chaco floodplains". Check List. 12 (4): 1945. doi:10.15560/12.4.1945. hdl:11336/23562.
  5. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Austrolebias". FishBase. November 2018 version.
  6. ^ Nielsen, D.T.B. & Pillet, D. (2015): Austrolebias accorsii, a new annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae) from the upper río Grande basin, Amazon basin, Bolivia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (4): 172-179.
  7. ^ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014): Austrolebias araucarianus, a new seasonal killifish from the Iguaçu river drainage, southern Brazilian Araucarian Plateau Forest (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2): 97-101.
  8. ^ Volcan, M.V., Lanés, L.E.K. & Gonçalves, Â.C. (2014): Austrolebias bagual, a new species of annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from southern Brazil. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (4): 161-172.
  9. ^ Volcan, Matheus Vieira; Severo-Neto, Francisco (2019-02-26). "Austrolebias ephemerus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new annual fish from the upper Rio Paraguai basin, Brazilian Chaco". Zootaxa. 4560 (3): 541–553. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716570. S2CID 91889315.