Notholebias vermiculatus

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: Notholebias
Species: Notholebias vermiculatus

Name

Notholebias vermiculatus Costa & Amorim, 2013

• Holotype: UFRJ 8980.
• Paratypes: UFRJ 8898 (2, 9), 8899 (1, 2), 8801 (2, 4), 8981 (1), 8902 (5, 5), 8983 (5, 3), 8984 (24, 36).

Type locality: Brazil, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Munícipio de Saquarema, temporary pool in the Catimbau river floodplains, about 1.5 km S of the road RJ-106, Saquarema lagoon system, 22°51'53"S, 42°33'15"W [1].

Etymology: Specific epithet is the Latin word vermiculatus (vermiculated = ornated wormlike or worm-eaten grooves), given in reference to the colour pattern of the caudal fin in males.

References

• Costa, W. J. E. M. & Amorim, P. F.; 2013: Delimitation of cryptic species of Notholebias, a genus of seasonal miniature killifishes threatened with extinction from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 63–72.