Mucurilebias leitaoi Cruz & Peixoto, 1992:638
Leitao's sdwarfed pearlfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: ‘Leptolebias’ leitaoi Cruz & Peixoto, 1992:638
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1992?
Distribution
Bahia, Brazil (north-eastern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cruz, Carlos Alberto G. da and Peixoto, Oswaldo Luiz. (1992). DESCRIÇÃO DE UMA NOVA ESPÉCIE DE PEIXE ANUAL 00 ESTADO DA BAHIA, BRASIL (CYPRINOOONTIFORMES, RIVULIDAE). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 7(4): 637-641.
Other references:
Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (1995). Pearl Killifishes: The Cynolebiatinae: Systematics and Biogeography of the Neotropical Annual Fish Subfamily (Cyprinodontiformes : Rivulidae). TFH Publications.
Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2008). Monophyly and taxonomy of the Neotropical seasonal killifish genus Leptolebias (Teleostei: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(1): 147-160. [Abstract]
Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2014). A new genus of miniature cynolebiasine from the Atlantic Forest and alternative biogeographical explanations for seasonal killifish distribution patterns in South America (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Vertebrate Zoology 64(1): 23-33.