Marbled pearlfish

The marbled pearlfish (Leptolebias marmoratus) is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae. This threatened species is found in temporary channels within dense Atlantic rainforest, in the floodplains of rivers draining into the Baía de Guanabara, near the city of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil.[2] It reaches up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in total length.[3]

Marbled pearlfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Leptolebias
Species:
L. marmoratus
Binomial name
Leptolebias marmoratus
(Ladiges, 1934)
Synonyms

Cynopoecilus marmoratus Ladiges, 1934

This species may be the only member of its genus, the inclusion of several others made Leptolebias paraphyletic, according to some workers. To avoid this, some authorities moved the other species to Leptopanchax, Mucurilebias and Notholebias.[2][4][5]

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Leptolebias marmoratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T39297A10176517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39297A10176517.en.
  2. Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016): Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 125-140.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Leptolebias marmoratus" in FishBase. November 2018 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptopanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 November 2018.


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