Pterolebias phasianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Pterolebias
Species: Pterolebias phasianus

Name

Pterolebias phasianus Costa, 1988

Holotype: MZUSP 38109. Paratypes: MZUSP 38110 (1 c&s), 38111 (1).

Type locality: Lagoon at Cáceres, Rio Cuiabá [correctly Paraguay River] floodplains, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 1988. A new species of the neotropical annual fish genus Pterolebias (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae), from central Brazil. Journal of Zoology (London) v. 215 (pt 4): 657–662. Reference page. 

Links

• Pterolebias phasianus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 22, 2016.
• Pterolebias phasianus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pterolebias phasianus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.