Review of the family Rivulidae (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei) and a molecular and morphological phylogeny of the annual fish genus Austrolebias Costa 1998
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Loureiro, Marcelo
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Sá, Rafael de
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Serra, Sebastián W.
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Alonso, Felipe
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Lanés, Luis Esteban Krause
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Volcan, Matheus Vieira
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Calviño, Pablo
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Nielsen, Dalton
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Duarte, Alejandro
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Garcia, Graciela
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2018
2018-10-18
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10.1590/1982-0224-20180007
b7b6ef8f-c8e6-43ad-8b21-5450b4090b75
1982-0224
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Prorivulus
Costa
.
A monotypic non-annual genus,
P. auriferus
Costa, Lima & Suzart
, from the coastal drainages of northeastern
Brazil
, is diagnosed by the presence of soft anal fin rays in females, minute urogenital papilla in males, and absence of a dark bar on iris. It has some morphological characteristics similar to
Kryptolebias
,
but other characters more closely align with the rest of
Rivulidae
. According to the original description it would be the sister taxa of all
Rivulidae
except
Kryptolebias
(
Costa, 2004b
,
2006a
). Unfortunately, it has never been included in any subsequent phylogeny or revision, and its position remains uncertain.