Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis

Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Ophthalmolebias
W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006
Species: O. ilheusensis
Binomial name
Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis
(W. J. E. M. Costa & S. M. Q. Lima, 2010)

Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis is a species of rivuline endemic to Brazil where it is only known from river floodplains near Ilhéus. Formerly a sub-genus of Simpsonichthys, this genus has been elevated to a full genus with only this species currently being recognized as belonging to it.

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