Cynolebias elegans

Cynolebias elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Cynolebias
Species: Cynolebias elegans

Name

Cynolebias elegans Costa, 2017

Homonyms

• • Cynolebias elegans (Ladiges, 1958) = Nematolebias whitei

Distribution

South America

• Brazil
  • Bahia, Verde Grande River drainage
  • Type locality: Temporary pool close to road BR-122, about 8 km S of the village of Pindaí, Mata Veado Creek floodplains, Verde Grande River drainage, São Francisco River basin, Pindaí municipality, Bahia State, Brazil, 14°33'39"S, 42°42'10"W, elevation about 630 meters.

Holotype: UFRJ 9431, male, 36.1 mm. Paratypes: UFRJ 9350, 1 male, 37.6 mm SL, 1 female, 35.1 mm SL; UFRJ 6890, 2 males, 36.8–37.9 mm SL, 1 female, 36.9 mm SL (C&S); collected with holotype.

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN)

References

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2017. Description of two endangered new seasonal killifish species of the genus Cynolebias from the São Francisco River basin, Brazilian Caatinga (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 333–341. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.20906 Reference page. , page 334, figs. 1–2, table 1.

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