Cynolebias

Cynolebias
Cynolebias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Cynolebias
Steindachner, 1876
Species

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Cynolebias (Steindachner, 1876)[1] is a genus of freshwater annual fish in the Rivulidae family, native to South America. They are a typical annual killifish, part of the order Cyprinodontiformes.[2] Many species have rather small distributions. As of April 2010 there are a total of 13 nominal species.[3]

Species

  • Cynolebias albipunctatus Costa & Brasil, 1991
  • Cynolebias altus Costa, 2001
  • Cynolebias attenuatus Costa, 2001
  • Cynolebias gibbus Costa, 2001
  • Cynolebias gilbertoi Costa, 1998
  • Cynolebias griseus Costa, Lacerda & Brasil, 1990
  • Cynolebias itapicuruensis Costa, 2001
  • Cynolebias leptocephalus Costa & Brasil, 1993
  • Cynolebias microphthalmus Costa & Brasil, 1995
  • Cynolebias paraguassuensis Costa, Suzart & Nielsen, 2007
  • Cynolebias perforatus Costa & Brasil, 1991
  • Cynolebias porosus Steindachner, 1876
  • Cynolebias vazabarrisensis Costa, 2001

References

  1. ^ "Cynolebias". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165793. Retrieved April 4, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Cyprinodontiformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553130. Retrieved April 4, 2010. 
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). Species of Cynolebias in FishBase. April 2010 version.
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