Ophthalmolebias

Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis is a killifish from the family Rivulidae which is endemic to Brazil where it is only known from river floodplains near Ilhéus in Bahia.[1] Fishbase has this as the only species in the genus Opthamolebias with the other five species which other authorities classify as being within that genus placed in Simpsonichthys.[2][3] The genus Ophthalmolebias was initially considered a subgenus of Simpsonichthys, but has been elevated to full genus status.[4]

Ophthalmolebias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Ophthalmolebias
Costa, 2006
Species:
O. ilheusensis
Binomial name
Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis
(W. J. E. M. Costa & S. M. Q. Lima, 2010)
Synonyms

Simpsonichthys ilheusensis Costa & Lima, 2010

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Opthalmolebias ilheuensis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Ophthalmolebias in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ophthalmolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. 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.


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