Plesiolebias

<i>Plesiolebias</i>

Plesiolebias

Genus of fishes

Plesiolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools, swamps and lagoons in the Araguaia–Tocantins, Xingu, and uppermost Paraguay (Pantanal) river basins in Brazil.[2]

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They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[3] As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[2]

Species

Plesiolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Stenolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[2]

There are currently eight recognized species in Plesiolebias:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Plesiolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Plesiolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.


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