Stenolebias

Stenolebias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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]

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)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Stenolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
2. Costa, W.J.E.M. (1995). "Two new genera and two new species of the neotropical annual fishes Plesiolebiathini (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with studies on the relationships of the tribe". Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie. 21 (3–4): 65–74.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stenolebias". FishBase. November 2018 version.
4. Costa, W.J.E.M. (2007). "Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species". Zootaxa. 1410: 1–41.