Monophyly and taxonomy of the Neotropical seasonal killifish genus Leptolebias (Teleostei: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), with the description of a new genus
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Costa, Wilson J. E. M.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2008
2008-05-31
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LEPTOLEBIAS
MYERS, 1952
Leptolebias
Myers, 1952: 140
(
type
species:
Cynopoecilus marmoratus
Ladiges, 1934
, by original designation; first proposed as a subgenus of
Cynolebias
Steindachner, 1876
).
Diagnosis:
Distinguished from all other genera of the
Cynopoecilina
(
Notholebias
,
Cynopoecilus
, and
Campellolebias
) in having caudal fin elongate, longer than deep (vs. short, deeper than long), single anterior supraorbital neuromast (
Fig. 2
) (vs. two or three), and distal third of dorsal fin in males without dark pigmentation (vs. extending pigmentation). Also distinguished from
Notholebias
by the absence of the second pharyngobranchial teeth, dermosphenotic and contact organs on male pectoral fin (vs. presence), opercular region with red reticulation in males (vs. red bars), and by having a wide, triangular basihyal (
Fig. 3
) (vs. narrow, rectangular).
Distribution:
Species of
Leptolebias
are found in the temporary pools of broad coastal plains, in two areas, separated by about
500 km
: (1) between Maricá and Vila de Cava,
Rio de Janeiro state
, south-eastern
Brazil
(
Fig. 4
), and (2) between Itanhaém, southern
São Paulo state
, and river basins draining into Paranaguá bay,
Paraná state
, southern
Brazil
(
Fig. 5
).