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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plesiolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools, swamps and lagoons in the Araguaia–Tocantins, Xingu, and uppermost Paraguay (Pantanal) river basins in Brazil.[2]
Plesiolebias | |
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Plesiolebias glaucopterus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Plesiolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989 |
Type species | |
Cynolebias xavantei Costa, Lacerda & Tanizaki, 1988[1] |
They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[3] As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[2]
Plesiolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Stenolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[2]
There are currently eight recognized species in Plesiolebias:[3]
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