Austrolebias queguay

Austrolebias queguay, holotype.

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrolebias
Species: Austrolebias queguay

Name

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Austrolebias queguay Serra & Loureiro, 2018

ZooBank: A53F68BB-4612-4D24-A13B-C4CC609FFA3C

Type locality: Uruguay, Paysandú, wetlands of Río Queguay Grande, Estancia La Beba, 32°11’08”S, 57°26’08”W

Holotype: ZVC-P 13576, male, 39.4 mm SL, M. Loureiro, A. Duarte, M. Zarucki, J. Bessonart and D. Hernández, Sep. 2011.

Paratypes:

  • MHNM 3728, 2 males 29.9–33.6 mm SL, 2 females 27.4–33.3 mm SL, Río Queguay, 32°08’21”S, 57°26’19”W, M. Loureiro, A. Duarte, M. Zarucki, J. Bessonart and D. Hernández, Sep. 2011.
  • MHNM 3729, 1 male 34.0 mm SL, 1 female 31.0 mm SL, same data of the holotype.
  • ZVC-P 8657, 10 males 16.1–27.2 mm SL, 12 females 16.9–30.1 mm SL, Río Queguay, Rincón de Pérez, 32°08’23”S, 57°25’49”W, M. Loureiro and S. Clavijo, Aug. 2006.
  • ZVC-P 11620, 37 males 22.8–39.4 mm SL (8 c&s 26.6–38.1 mm SL; 10 fixed in alcohol 95°, 21.9–28.4 mm SL, CAP 1193, GP 3353–3359 and GP 3364–3366), 60 females 24.2–40.1 mm SL (8 c&s 22.7- 37.4 mm SL; 4 fixed in alcohol 95°, 22.7–28.7 mm SL, CAP 1193, GP 3360–3363), Río Queguay, 32°08’21”S, 57°26’19”W, M. Loureiro, A. Duarte, M. Zarucki, J. Bessonart and D. Hernández, Sep. 2011.
  • ZVC-P 11621, 28 males 22.1–34.9 mm SL (5 fixed in alcohol 95°, 22.1–27.7 mm SL, CAP 1181, GP 3367–3371), 33 females 21.2–29.9 mm SL (5 fixed en alcohol 95°, 23.4–27.8 mm SL, CAP 1181, GP 3372–3376), Río Queguay, 32°07’26”S, 57°30’45”W, M. Loureiro, A. Duarte, M. Zarucki, J. Bessonart and D. Hernández, 8 Sep. 2011.
  • ZVC-P 12460, 33 males 25.7–39.1 mm SL (2 c&s 32.4–39.1 mm SL; 4 fixed in alcohol 95°, 27.1–29.0 mm SL, CAP 1194, GP 3377–3380), 25 females 24.9–37.4 mm SL (2 c&s 27.2- 33.1 mm SL; 3 fixed in alcohol 95°, 24.9–26.5 mm SL, CAP 1194, GP 3381–3383), same data of the holotype.

Distribution: endemic to the wetlands of middle Queguay river basin (30 meters above sea level), Paysandú Department, Uruguay, which flows to the lower Uruguay river.

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Primary references

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