''Leptolebias splendens'', also known as the Splendid pearlfish is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae endemic to Brazil,Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016)
Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 125-140.'' in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro. This species was described as ''Cynolebias splendens'' in 1942 by George S. Myers with the

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given as water holes or ponds along the foot of the Serra de Petropolis in Rio de Janeiro State. Deforestation and urbanisation led to the species disappearance from the area of its type locality and it was thought to be extinct but it was rediscovered from the type locality some 70 years after the last known previous record. Abstract

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splendens Endemic fauna of Brazil Fish of Brazil Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1942 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub