Llanolebias stellifer
Llanolebias stellifer is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae. It is endemic to the Llanos, a part of the Orinoco basin in Venezuela, where it lives in shallow temporary waters (like ponds) in forests. This annual killifish grows to a total length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[1][2] It is the only known member of its genus, but it was formerly included in Rachovia.[2]
| Llanolebias stellifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Llanolebias Hrbek & Taphorn, 2008 |
| Species: | L. stellifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Llanolebias stellifer (Thomerson & B. J. Turner, 1973) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Llanolebias stellifer" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- Hrbek, T.; D.C. Taphorn (2008). "Description of a new annual rivulid killifish genus from Venezuela". Zootaxa. 1734: 27–42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.181425.
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