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Leptolebias opalescens

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Species of fish

Leptolebias opalescens
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Leptolebias
Species: L. opalescens
Binomial name
Leptolebias opalescens
Myers, 1942
Synonyms
  • Leptopanchax opalescens (Myers, 1942)
  • Cynolebias opalescens Myers, 1942
  • Cynopoecilus opalescens (Myers, 1942)
  • Cynopoecilus fluminensis Faria & Muller, 1937
  • Leptolebias fluminensis (Faria & Muller, 1937)
  • Cynolebias nanus da Cruz & Peixoto, 1983
  • Cynopoecilus nanus (da Cruz & Peixoto, 1983)

Leptolebias opalescens, also known as the opal pearlfish, annual tropical killifish or opalescent pearlfish, is a species of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae endemic to Brazil. This species was described as Cynolebias opalescens by George S. Myers in 1942 with the type locality given as the base of the Serra do Petrópolis, near Imbarié in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.

References

  1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Leptopanchax opalescens (formerly as: Leptolebias opalescens)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T39299A147392445.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptolebias opalescens". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cynolebias opalescens". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Leptolebias opalescens


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