Biology:Austrolebias
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Austrolebias | |
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| Austrolebias nigripinnis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Austrolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Cynolebias bellottii Steindachner, 1881[1]
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Austrolebias is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish live in temporary pools, swamps and streams in the Río de la Plata, Patos–Mirim and Mamoré basins in South America.[3][4]
Most species are small, less than 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length, but a few reach 15–22 cm (5.9–8.7 in), making them some of the largest killifish (only a few Fundulus, Moema and Orestias reach a similar or larger size).[3][5]
Species
There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus:[5]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Austrolebias". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10545.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Rivulidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Rivulidae.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Costa, W.J.E.M. (2006). "The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): Phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa 1213: 1–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1067.1.1.
- ↑ Alonso, F.; P.A. Calviño; G.E. Terán; I. García (2016). "Geographical distribution of Austrolebias monstrosus (Huber, 1995), A. elongatus (Steindachner, 1881) and A. vandenbergi (Huber, 1995) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), with comments on the biogeography and ecology of Rivulidae in Pampasic and Chaco floodplains". Check List 12 (4): 1945. doi:10.15560/12.4.1945.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Austrolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q653758 entry
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