Austrolebias univentripinnis sp. nov. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new annual killifish from the Mirim Lagoon basin, southern Brazil.
Author
Wilson J. E. M. Costa
Author
Morevy M. Cheffe
text
Zootaxa
2005
1052
41
48
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F2E774DF-96BA-4F5E-AEF4-24F632537F8B
journal article
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Austrolebias Costa
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The genus
Austrolebias Costa
comprises a diversified clade of Cynolebiatini annual killifishes endemic to southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay (Costa, 1998, 2002). Its included species inhabit temporary pools characteristic of all river drainages in this region, including the
Parana-Paraguay-Uruguay
River system and the Patos-Mirim lagunar system. The latter system is located near the coast of southern Brazil and northeastern Uruguay, and is home to ten species of
Austrolebias
:
A. adloffi (Ahl)
,
A. arachan Loureiro, Azpelicueta &
Garcia
,
A. charrua Costa & Cheffe
,
A. cyaneus (Amato)
,
A. gymnoventris (Amato)
,
A. luteoflammulatus (Vaz-Ferreira, Sierra & Scaglia)
,
A. jaegari Costa & Cheffe
,
A. minuano Costa & Cheffe
,
A. nigrofasciatus Costa & Cheffe
, and
A. viarius (Vaz-Ferreira, Sierra & Scaglia)
(Costa & Cheffe, 2001, 2002; Costa, 2003; Loureiro et al., 2004). A new species from the
Jaguarao
River drainage, which is tributary to the Mirim Lagoon, having apomorphic features such as triangular anal fin in females, pelvic-fin bases medially fused, and urogenital papilla attached to anal fin in males is herein described.