Austrolebias

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
Austrolebias nigripinnis
Scientific classification
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]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acantholebias Costa, 2008
  • Acrolebias Costa 2008
  • Argolebias Costa 2008
  • Cypholebias Costa 2008
  • Gymnolebias Costa 2008
  • Megalebias Costa 2008

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

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 apaii W. J. E. M. Costa, Laurino, Recuero & Salvia, 2006
  • 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
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Austrolebias in FishBase. November 2018 version.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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