Austrolebias is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish live in temporary pools, swamps and streams in the Río de la Plata, Patos–Mirim and Mamoré basins in South America.[3][4]
| Austrolebias | |
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| Austrolebias nigripinnis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Austrolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Cynolebias bellottii Steindachner, 1881[1]
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Most species are small, less than 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length, but a few reach 15–22 cm (5.9–8.7 in), making them some of the largest killifish (only a few Fundulus, Moema and Orestias reach a similar or larger size).[3][5]
Species edit
There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Austrolebias accorsii D. T. B. Nielsen & Pillet, 2015[6]
- Austrolebias adloffi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1922)
- Austrolebias affinis (L. H. Amato, 1986)
- Austrolebias alexandri (Castello & R. B. López, 1974)
- Austrolebias arachan Loureiro, Azpelicueta & G. B. García, 2004
- Austrolebias araucarianus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2014[7]
- Austrolebias bagual M. V. Volcan, Lanés & Â. C. Gonçalves, 2014[8]
- Austrolebias bellottii (Steindachner, 1881) (Argentine pearlfish)
- Austrolebias carvalhoi (G. S. Myers, 1947)
- Austrolebias charrua W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2001
- Austrolebias cheradophilus (Vaz Ferreira, Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete, 1964)
- Austrolebias cinereus (L. H. Amato, 1986)
- Austrolebias cyaneus (L. H. Amato, 1987)
- Austrolebias duraznensis (G. B. García, Scvortzoff & A. Hernández, 1995)
- Austrolebias elongatus (Steindachner, 1881)
- Austrolebius ephemerus Volcan & Severo-Neto, 2019[9]
- Austrolebias gymnoventris (L. H. Amato, 1986)
- Austrolebias ibicuiensis (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1999)
- Austrolebias jaegari W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2002
- Austrolebias juanlangi W. J. E. M. Costa, Cheffe, Salvia & Litz, 2006
- Austrolebias litzi W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006
- Austrolebias luteoflammulatus (Vaz Ferreira, Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete, 1964)
- Austrolebias melanoorus (L. H. Amato, 1986)
- Austrolebias minuano W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2001
- Austrolebias monstrosus (Huber, 1995)
- Austrolebias nachtigalli W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2006
- Austrolebias nigripinnis (Regan, 1912) (Black-fin pearlfish)
- Austrolebias nigrofasciatus W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2001
- Austrolebias nioni (Berkenkamp, Reichert & Prieto, 1997)
- Austrolebias nonoiuliensis (Taberner, Fernández-Santos & Castelli, 1974)
- Austrolebias paranaensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006
- Austrolebias patriciae (Huber, 1995)
- Austrolebias paucisquama Ferrer, L. R. Malabarba & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Austrolebias periodicus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1999)
- Austrolebias prognathus (L. H. Amato, 1986)
- Austrolebias quirogai Loureiro, Duarte & Zarucki, 2011
- Austrolebias reicherti (Loureiro & G. B. García, 2004)
- Austrolebias robustus (Günther, 1883)
- Austrolebias toba Calviño, 2006
- Austrolebias univentripinnis W. J. E. M. Costa & Cheffe, 2005
- Austrolebias vandenbergi (Huber, 1995)
- Austrolebias varzeae W. J. E. M. Costa, R. E. dos Reis & Behr, 2004
- Austrolebias vazferreirai (Berkenkamp, Etzel, Reichert & Salvia, 1994)
- Austrolebias viarius (Vaz Ferreira, Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete, 1964)
- Austrolebias wolterstorffi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rivulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b Costa, W.J.E.M. (2006). "The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): Phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 1213: 1–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1067.1.1.
- ^ Alonso, F.; P.A. Calviño; G.E. Terán; I. García (2016). "Geographical distribution of Austrolebias monstrosus (Huber, 1995), A. elongatus (Steindachner, 1881) and A. vandenbergi (Huber, 1995) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), with comments on the biogeography and ecology of Rivulidae in Pampasic and Chaco floodplains". Check List. 12 (4): 1945. doi:10.15560/12.4.1945. hdl:11336/23562.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Austrolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
- ^ Nielsen, D.T.B. & Pillet, D. (2015): Austrolebias accorsii, a new annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae) from the upper río Grande basin, Amazon basin, Bolivia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (4): 172-179.
- ^ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014): Austrolebias araucarianus, a new seasonal killifish from the Iguaçu river drainage, southern Brazilian Araucarian Plateau Forest (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2): 97-101.
- ^ Volcan, M.V., Lanés, L.E.K. & Gonçalves, Â.C. (2014): Austrolebias bagual, a new species of annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from southern Brazil. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (4): 161-172.
- ^ Volcan, Matheus Vieira; Severo-Neto, Francisco (2019-02-26). "Austrolebias ephemerus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new annual fish from the upper Rio Paraguai basin, Brazilian Chaco". Zootaxa. 4560 (3): 541–553. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716570. S2CID 91889315.