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Austrolebias arachan

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Species of fish

Austrolebias arachan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrolebias
Species: A. arachan
Binomial name
Austrolebias arachan
Loureiro, Azpelicueta & G. B. García, 2004
Distribution of Austrolebias arachan (red)

Austrolebias arachan is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae. It has only been recorded in Uruguay. This species was described in 2004 with the type locality given as a pond in Cerro Largo province.

Etymology

The specific name being a reference the natives of that province, the Arachán.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Austrolebias arachan". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias arachan". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (5 September 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Family RIVULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Austrolebias arachan
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