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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2]
Stenolebias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Stenolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995 |
Type species | |
Plesiolebias damascenoi Costa, 1991[1] |
They are small fish, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in total length.[3]
Stenolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Plesiolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[4]
There are currently two recognized species in Stenolebias:[3]
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