Biology:Phalloceros leticiae

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Phalloceros leticiae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloceros
Species:
P. leticiae
Binomial name
Phalloceros leticiae
Lucinda, 2008

Phalloceros leticiae, the Araguaia toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [1]

Distribution

Phalloceros leticiae is found in Brazil in the upper rio Araguaia, which is a main tributary to the rio Tocantins in Brazil. [2]

Size

The females of this species grow to a total length of 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in), while males remain smaller at 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in). .[2]

Habitat

The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Letícia M. Lucinda, Lucinda's daughter.[3]

References

  1. Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phalloceros leticiae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6422876 entry