''Notholebias'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Rivulidae
The Rivulidae are a family (biology), family of killifishes in the order (biology), order Cyprinodontiformes. They are commonly known as rivulids, South American killifish or New World killifish. The latter names are slightly misleading, however, ...
. These
threatened
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annual
killifish
A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish, including families Aplocheilidae, Pantanodontidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. All together, there ar ...
are
endemic
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temporary waters, like ponds, in the
Atlantic Forest in
Rio de Janeiro state
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, Brazil (the equally threatened killifish genera ''
Leptolebias
''Leptolebias'' is a ray-finned fish genus of the killifish family Rivulidae. Like many of their relatives, they are rather ambiguously known as "pearlfish".
They are endemic to the coastal areas of Brazil, where they inhabit ephemeral pools in ...
'' and ''
Nematolebias'' are restricted to the same state).
[Costa, W.J.E.M. & Amorim, P.F. (2013): Delimitation of cryptic species of ''Notholebias'', a genus of seasonal miniature killifishes threatened with extinction from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 63-72.'']
They are small fish that are up to in
total length
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Overall length
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.
Like other killifish, the males are more colorful than females and the primary difference between the species is the male colors.
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Species
''Notholebias'' was formerly included in ''Leptolebias
''Leptolebias'' is a ray-finned fish genus of the killifish family Rivulidae. Like many of their relatives, they are rather ambiguously known as "pearlfish".
They are endemic to the coastal areas of Brazil, where they inhabit ephemeral pools in ...
''. There are currently four recognized species of ''Notholebias'':[
* '' Notholebias cruzi'' ( W. J. E. M. Costa, 1988)
* '' Notholebias fractifasciatus'' ( W. J. E. M. Costa, 1988)
* '' Notholebias minimus'' ( G. S. Myers, 1942) (barredtail pearlfish)
* '' Notholebias vermiculatus'' W. J. E. M. Costa & Amorim, 2013
]
References
Rivulidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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