Leptolebias marmoratus

Leptolebias marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Leptolebias
Species: L. marmoratus
Binomial name
Leptolebias marmoratus
(Ladiges, 1934)
Synonyms

Cynopoecilus marmoratus Ladiges, 1934

Leptolebias marmoratus, also known as the Marbled pearlfish is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae found in temporary channels within dense rain forest, in the floodplains of rivers draining into the Baía de Guanabara, south-eastern Brazil. This species is the only member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Leptolebias marmoratus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T39297A10176517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39297A10176517.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. 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.


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