Phalloceros alessandrae

Phalloceros alessandrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloceros
Species:
P. alessandrae
Binomial name
Phalloceros alessandrae
Lucinda, 2008

Phalloceros alessandrae, or Alessandra's toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.

Distribution

Phalloceros alessandrae is found in Brazil in flooded areas on margins of nearby Antonina and rio Dois de Fevereiro, flowing into the Baía de Paranaguá.

Size

The females of this species grow to a total length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), while males remain smaller at 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in).

Habitat

The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Lucinda's wife, Ms. Alessandra M. V. Lucinda.

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Phalloceros alessandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022 e.T187253A1825414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T187253A1825414.pt. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros alessandrae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 February 2025.