Cynolebias

Cynolebias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Cynolebias
Steindachner, 1876
Species

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Cynolebias is a genus of freshwater annual fish in the Rivulidae family, native to South America.[1] They are a typical annual killifish, part of the order Cyprinodontiformes.[2] Many species have rather small distributions.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

References

  1. "Cynolebias". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  2. "Cyprinodontiformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Costa, W. J. E. M. (2014): Six new species of seasonal killifishes of the genus Cynolebias from the São Francisco river basin, Brazilian Caatinga, with notes on C. porosus(Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 79-96.
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