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Rivulidae
The Rivulidae are a family (biology), family of killifishes in the order (biology), order Cyprinodontiformes. They are commonly known as rivulids, South American killifish or New World killifish. The latter names are slightly misleading, however, as they are neither restricted to South America, though most are in fact found there, nor are they the only killifishes from the Americas. Occasionally, they are still referred to as rivulines, a term dating back to when they were considered a subfamily of the Aplocheilidae. The subfamilial name "Rivulinae" was already established for noctuid moths by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1895. That name, though it is the senior homonym, may be suppressed because the name Rivulinae for the fish subfamily is widespread, whereas the moth taxon is little used. The use of Rivulidae as the name for this family may need to be ruled in by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. The alternative family-group name Cynolebiidae Hoedeman 1961 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anablepsoides
''Anablepsoides'' is a genus of killifish in the family (biology), family Rivulidae native to tropical South America and the Lesser Antilles. The majority are from the Amazon basin, Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as freshwater systems in the Guiana Shield, but a few species are from northern Venezuela, northeastern Brazil (Tocantins River basin, as well as systems in Ceará and Maranhão) and the Lesser Antilles (Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Martinique and Margarita Island, Margarita).Andrews, O. (2015). . The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Ecology. Retrieved 5 November 2018. Although largely restricted to lowlands, a few species occur in the lower East Andean foothills. They are mostly found in shallow fresh water swamps, streams, edges of rivers, ponds and pools, but a few may occur in brackish estuaries. They are able to jump over land and breathe air for short periods, allowing them to access isolated waters inhabited by few or no other fish. Several '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrolebias
''Austrolebias nigripinnis'', also known as blackfin pearlfish, is an ephemeral killifish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish lives in temporary water bodies during the season, thus it undergoes its entire life cycle within the periodically drying-up temporary ponds in the Río de la Plata, Patos– Mirim and Mamoré basins in South Americal 0 Most species are small, less than in total length, but a few reach , making them some of the largest killifish (only a few ''Fundulus ''Fundulus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Funduloidea, family (biology), family Fundulidae (of which it is the type genus). It belongs to the order (biology), order of toothcarps (Cyprinodontiformes), and th ...'', '' Moema'' and '' Orestias'' reach a similar or larger size). Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: References 10. {{Taxonbar, from=Q653758 Rivulidae Freshwater fish genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |