Biology:Xenurolebias

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Xenurolebias
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Xenurolebias
W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006
Type species
Simpsonichthys myersi
Carvalho, 1971[1]

Xenurolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to temporary pools in the Atlantic forest near the coast in southeast Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil.[2]

They are small fish, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in total length.[3] As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[2]

Species

Xenurolebias was formerly regarded as a subgenus of Simpsonichthys.[4][5]

There are currently 4 recognized species in Xenurolebias:[2][3]

  • Xenurolebias cricarensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2014
  • Xenurolebias izecksohni da Cruz, 1983
  • Xenurolebias myersi A. L. de Carvalho, 1971
  • Xenurolebias pataxo W. J. E. M. Costa, 2014

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Xenurolebias". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10901. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Costa, W.J.E.M. & Amorim, P.F. (2014): Integrative taxonomy and conservation of seasonal killifishes, Xenurolebias (Teleostei: Rivulidae), and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Systematics and Biodiversity, 12 (3): 350-365.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Xenurolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
  4. Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016). "Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids". Vertebrate Zoology 66 (2): 125–140. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31538. 
  5. Loureiro, M.; R. De Sá; S.W. Serra; F. Alonso; L.E.K. Lanés; M.V. Volcan; P. Calviño; D. Nielsen et al. (2018). "Review of the family Rivulidae (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei) and a molecular and morphological phylogeny of the annual fish genus Austrolebias Costa 1998". Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (3): e180007. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180007. 

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