Spectrolebias reticulatus

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Spectrolebias reticulatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Spectrolebias
Species:
S. reticulatus
Binomial name
Spectrolebias reticulatus
Costa & Nielsen 2003[2][3]

Spectrolebias reticulatus is a species of annual killifish in the genus Spectrolebias of the family Rivulidae, endemic to seasonal waters in the Paraguay, TocantinsAraguaia, Xingu and MamoréGrande basins in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[4][5][6] like other Spectrolebias species, S. reticulatus is threatened by habitat loss with its entire known range being in the area flooded by the Belo Monte Dam.[7]

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