Stenolebias

Stenolebias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Stenolebias
W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995
Type species
Plesiolebias damascenoi
Costa, 1991

Stenolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These relatively rare annual killifish are endemic to seasonal waters in the Pantanal in Brazil.

They are small fish, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in total length.

Species

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

There are currently two recognized species in Stenolebias:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Stenolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M. (1995). "Two new genera and two new species of the neotropical annual fishes Plesiolebiathini (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with studies on the relationships of the tribe". Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie. 21 (3–4): 65–74.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stenolebias". FishBase. November 2018 version.
  4. ↑ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1410.1.1.