Descriptive morphology and phylogenetic relationships among species of the Neotropical annual killifish genera Nematolebias and Simpsonichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae)
Author
Costa, Wilson J. E. M.
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2006
2006-03-31
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journal article
10.1590/S1679-62252006000100001
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Subgenus
Simpsonichthys
de Carvalho
, new usage
Diagnosis.
Distinguished from all other cynolebiatins by having flank red with bright blue bars on the anterior portion and vertical rows of blue dots on the posterior portion in males (a condition modified in
S. cholopteryx
, in which there are blue bars on the entire flank).
Included species.
Simpsonichthys marginatus
Costa
&
Brasil
,
S. zonatus
(Costa &
Brasil
),
S. santanae
(Shibata & Garavello)
,
S. boitonei
de Carvalho
,
S. parallelus
Costa
, and
S. cholopteryx
Costa, Moreira & Lima.
Distribution.
Headwaters of rio
Paraná
, rio São Francisco and rio Araguaia basins, central
Brazil
.