Leptolebias opalescens

Leptolebias opalescens, also known as the opal pearlfish is a species of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae[2] endemic to Brazil.[3] This species was described as Cynolebias opalescens by George S. Myers in 1942 with the type locality given as the base of the Serra do Petrópolis, near Imbarié in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.[4]

Leptolebias opalescens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Rivulidae
Genus:	Leptolebias
Species:	L. opalescens
Binomial name
Leptolebias opalescens Myers, 1942
Synonyms[2][3]
Leptopanchax opalescens (Myers, 1942) Cynolebias opalescens Myers, 1942 Cynopoecilus opalescens (Myers, 1942) Cynopoecilus fluminensis Faria & Muller, 1937 Leptolebias fluminensis (Faria & Muller, 1937) Cynolebias nanus da Cruz & Peixoto, 1983 Cynopoecilus nanus (da Cruz & Peixoto, 1983)

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Leptopanchax opalescens (formerly as: Leptolebias opalescens)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T39299A10176941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39299A10176941.en.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Leptolebias opalescens" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
3. 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.
4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Cynolebias opalescens". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.