Austrolebias arachan is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae.[1] It has only been recorded in Uruguay.[1] This species was described in 2004 with the type locality given as a pond in Cerro Largo province.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Austrolebias |
| Species: | A. arachan
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| Austrolebias arachan | |
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| Distribution of Austrolebias arachan (red) | |
Etymology
editThe specific name being a reference the natives of that province, the Arachán.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Austrolebias arachan". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias arachan". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (5 September 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Family RIVULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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