Lebiasina Explained
Lebiasina is a genus of fishes found in tropical South America, where they inhabit well-oxygenated upland streams that originate in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, the Guianan Highlands in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, and Serra do Cachimbo in Brazil.[1] [2] The individual species tend to have relatively small ranges and the three species of Serra do Cachimbo, all restricted to the Curuá River basin,[2] are considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[3]
They are elongated fish that reach up to in standard length.
Species
There are eighteen currently recognized species:[1]
- Lebiasina ardilai Netto-Ferreira, López-Fernández, Taphorn & Liverpool, 2013[1]
- Lebiasina astrigata (Regan, 1903)
- Lebiasina bimaculata Valenciennes, 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[2]
- Lebiasina melanoguttata Netto-Ferreira, 2012[2]
- Lebiasina minuta Netto-Ferreira, 2012[2]
- Lebiasina multimaculata Boulenger, 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, 2011[4]
- Lebiasina yuruaniensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2000
Notes and References
- 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.
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- Netto-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.
