Costa, Wilson J. E. M.
Plesiolebias
Sign in to savePlesiolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools, swamps and lagoons in the Araguaia–Tocantins, Xingu, and uppermost Paraguay (Pantanal) river basins in Brazil.
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It is catalogued under topics including Freshwater fish genera and Rivulidae.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyRivulidae
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Plesiolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools, swamps and lagoons in the Araguaia–Tocantins, Xingu, and uppermost Paraguay (Pantanal) river basins in Brazil.
They are small fish, up to in total length. As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plesiolebias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.