Austrolebias queguay

Taxonavigation

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

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.

References

Primary references

Serra, W.S., Loureiro, M. 2018. Austrolebias queguay (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae), a new species of annual killifish endemic to the lower Uruguay river basin.. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94(2): 547-556. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.29115 Reference page.