Ophthalmolebias perpendicularis Costa, Nielsen & de Luca, 2001
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Simpsonichthys perpendicularis Costa, Nielsen & de Luca, 2001
Conservation Status
Missing or Possibly extinct in the wild
Last record: 2000
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
The species has been reported in captivity, but the current status of any ex situ population is not known as no information is provided regarding a timeline: https://de.rivulid-conservation.org/list-of-kept-species
Distribution
Jequitinhonha river basin, Bahia, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Costa, Wilson J. E. M., D. T. B. Nielsen & A. C. de Luca. (2001). Quatro novos rivulideos anuais do gêneri Simpsonichthys (Cyprinodontiformes) das bacias dos rios São Francisco e Pardo, Brasil. Aquarium, Brasil 4: 24-31.
Other references:
ICMBIO. (2018). Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção: Volume VI –Peixes. 1.ed., Brasília, DF: ICMBio/MMA.
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). (2022). Ophthalmolebias perpendicularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T187104A1823179. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T187104A1823179.pt. Accessed on 24 July 2022.
Silva, André Teixeira et al. (2020). Freshwater fishes of the Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 20(4): e20200969.
https://de.rivulid-conservation.org/list-of-kept-species