Biology:Simpsonichthys constanciae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Simpsonichthys |
| Species: | S. constanciae
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| Simpsonichthys constanciae (Myers, 1942)[2]
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Simpsonichthys constanciae is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae that is endemic to Brazil. It is restricted to temporary freshwater habitats (like ponds) in the São João basin in Rio de Janeiro, while all other species in the genus are from Bahia.[3][4] It is a small killifish that is up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in total length.[2]
Etymology
The specific name of this fish honours Constance White, an United States watercolour painter, who collected type of this fish with her husband, Lieutenant colonel Thomas D. White, and created colour sketches for George S. Myers.[5]
References
- ↑ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Ophthalmolebias constanciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T6084A140550975. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6084/140550975. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Simpsonichthys constanciae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Ophthalmolebias". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Ophthalmolebias.
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016). "Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids". Vertebrate Zoology 66 (2): 125–140. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31538.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Family RIVULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 5 September 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes2/. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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