Stenolebias
Genus of fishes
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Stenolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These relatively rare annual killifish are endemic to seasonal waters in the Pantanal in Brazil.[2]
| Stenolebias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Stenolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiolebias damascenoi Costa, 1991[1] | |
They are small fish, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in total length.[3]
Species
Stenolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Plesiolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[4]
There are currently two recognized species in Stenolebias:[3]
- Stenolebias bellus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995
- Stenolebias damascenoi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991)
