Campellolebias
Genus of fishes
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Campellolebias is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae from southeast Brazil. They are restricted to seasonal blackwater pools in forests in coastal parts of Santa Catarina and São Paulo states.[1]
| Campellolebias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Campellolebias Vaz Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Campellolebias brucei Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1974 | |
They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[2] Uniquely among killifish, Campellolebias and the closely related Cynopoecilus have internal fertilization. A part of the males' anal fin forms a "pseudo-gonopodium" that is used for inseminating the female.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Campellolebias brucei Vaz Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1974 (Swordfin killifish)
- Campellolebias chrysolineatus W. J. E. M. Costa, Lacerda & G. C. Brasil, 1989
- Campellolebias dorsimaculatus W. J. E. M. Costa, Lacerda & G. C. Brasil, 1989
- Campellolebias intermedius W. J. E. M. Costa & De Luca, 2006
Etymology
The generic name Campellolebias is a combination of Campello, which honours the Brazilian chemical engineer, aquarist and amateur ichthyologist Gilberto Campello Brasil (1945–2008) and lebias a Greek word for a small fish which was applied to Killifish by Georges Cuvier and is now used a root for names within the order Cyprinodontiformes. Vaz Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano described Campello Brasil as an "enthusiastic scholar" of Brazilian killifishes and he also collected specimens, sending them to the Vaz Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano.[3]