Stenolebias Explained

Stenolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These relatively rare annual killifish are endemic to seasonal waters in the Pantanal in Brazil.^[1]

They are small fish, up to in total length.

Species

Stenolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Papiliolebias, Pituna and Plesiolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.^[2]

There are currently two recognized species in Stenolebias:

• Stenolebias bellus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1995
• Stenolebias damascenoi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991)

Notes and References

1. Costa, W.J.E.M. . 1995 . Two new genera and two new species of the neotropical annual fishes Plesiolebiathini (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with studies on the relationships of the tribe . Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie . 21 . 3–4 . 65–74 .
2. Costa, W.J.E.M. . 2007 . Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species . Zootaxa . 1410 . 1–41 .