''Lebiasina'' is a

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of fishes found in

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, where they inhabit well-oxygenated upland streams that originate in the

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of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, the Guianan Highlands in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, and

Serra do Cachimbo Serra do Cachimbo ( en, Cachimbo Mountains) is a low mountain range in Brazil, in the southern part of the state of Pará, located mostly in the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba, Jacareacanga, and Novo Progresso. The Serra do Cachimbo compl ...

in Brazil.Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Lopez-Fernandez, H., Taphorn, D.C. & Liverpool, E.A. (2013): New species of ''Lebiasina'' (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the upper Mazaruni River drainage, Guyana. ''Zootaxa, 3652 (5): 562–568.''Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2012)
Three new species of ''Lebiasina'' (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Brazilian Shield border at Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 487-498.'' The individual species tend to have relatively small ranges and the three species of Serra do Cachimbo, all restricted to the Curuá River basin, are considered

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by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment. They are elongated fish that reach up to in

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Species

There are eighteen currently recognized species: * '' Lebiasina ardilai'' Netto-Ferreira, López-Fernández, Taphorn &

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, 2013 * '' Lebiasina astrigata'' (

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, 1903) * '' Lebiasina bimaculata''

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, 1847 (twospot lebiasina) * '' Lebiasina chocoensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2010 * '' Lebiasina chucuriensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2001 * '' Lebiasina colombia'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 * '' Lebiasina floridablancaensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 1994 * '' Lebiasina intermedia'' Meinken, 1936 * '' Lebiasina marilynae'' Netto-Ferreira, 2012 * '' Lebiasina melanoguttata'' Netto-Ferreira, 2012 * '' Lebiasina minuta'' Netto-Ferreira, 2012 * '' Lebiasina multimaculata''

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, 1911 * '' Lebiasina narinensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2002 * '' Lebiasina ortegai'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2008 * '' Lebiasina provenzanoi'' Ardila Rodríguez, 1999 * '' Lebiasina taphorni'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2004 * '' Lebiasina uruyensis'' Fernández-Yépez, 1967 * '' Lebiasina yepezi'' Netto-Ferreira, Oyakawa, Zuanon & Nolasco, 2011Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Oyakawa, O.T., Zuanon, J. & Nolasco, J.C. (2011): Lebiasina yepezi, ''a new Lebiasininae (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Serra Parima-Tapirapecó mountains.'' Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (4): 767-775. * '' Lebiasina yuruaniensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2000

References

Lebiasinidae Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Fish of South America {{Characiformes-stub