Nematolebias

Nematolebias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Nematolebias
W. J. E. M. Costa, 1998
Type species
Cynolebias whitei
G. S. Myers, 1942

Nematolebias is a genus of aplocheilid fish native to South America.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Nematolebias catimbau W. J. E. M. Costa, Amorim & Aranha, 2014 [1]
  • Nematolebias papilliferus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2002
  • Nematolebias whitei G. S. Myers, 1942 (Rio pearlfish)

References

  1. 1 2 Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F. & Aranha, G.N. (2014): Species limits and DNA barcodes in Nematolebias, a genus of seasonal killifishes threatened with extinction from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil, with description of a new species (Teleostei: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 225-236.


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