Austrofundulus

Austrofundulus is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae native to northern Colombia, northern Venezuela and southwestern Guyana.[2] They are annual killifish where adults generally have a short life in temporary ponds or swamps and the eggs experience a period of drought, only hatching when again covered by water.[3]

Austrofundulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrofundulus
G. S. Myers, 1932
Type species
Austrofundulus transilis
Myers, 1932[1]

They are small thickset fish, no more than 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length,[4] and most less than half that size.[2]

Species

Austrofundulus is closely related to Rachovia,[2] and it has been suggested that the former should be merged into the latter.[5]

There are currently 7 recognized species of Austrofundulus:[4]

  • Austrofundulus guajira Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
  • Austrofundulus leohoignei Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
  • Austrofundulus leoni Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
  • Austrofundulus limnaeus L. P. Schultz, 1949
  • Austrofundulus myersi Dahl, 1958
  • Austrofundulus rupununi Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
  • Austrofundulus transilis G. S. Myers, 1932

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrofundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. Hrbek, Y.; D.C. Taphorn; J.E. Thomerson (2005). "Molecular phylogeny of Austrofundulus Myers (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with revision of the genus and the description of four new species". Zootaxa. 825: 1–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.825.1.1.
  3. Woll, S.C.; J. Roush; W.C. Warren; A. Brunet; J.E. Podrabsky (2018). "The genome of Austrofundulus limnaeus offers insights into extreme vertebrate stress tolerance and embryonic development". BMC Genomics. 19 (155). doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4539-7. PMC 5819677.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Austrofundulus in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  5. Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014). "Phylogeny and evolutionary radiation in seasonal rachovine killifishes: biogeographical and taxonomical implications". Vertebrate Zoology. 64 (2): 177–192.


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