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 adloffi
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 45 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)
  • 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, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Austrolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Rivulidae genera". 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.
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