Phalloceros leticiae

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

Phalloceros leticiae, the Araguaia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.

Distribution

Phalloceros leticiae is found in Brazil in the upper rio Araguaia, which is a main tributary to the rio Tocantins in Brazil.

Size

The females of this species grow to a total length of 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in), while males remain smaller at 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in). .

Habitat

The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Letícia M. Lucinda, Lucinda's daughter.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros leticiae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ 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 16 February 2025.