Papiliolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools in the Paraguay and upper Madeira river basins in northwestern Argentina, central and southeastern Bolivia, and western Paraguay.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Rivulidae |
| Genus: | Papiliolebias W. J. E. M. Costa, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiolebias bitteri W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989
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They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[4] As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.[1][2][3]
Species
editPapiliolebias and the closely related Maratecoara, Pituna, Plesiolebias and Stenolebias form a clade, Plesiolebiasini.[5]
There are currently 5 recognized species in Papiliolebias:[4]
- Papiliolebias ashleyae D. T. B. Nielsen & Brousseau, 2014[1]
- Papiliolebias bitteri (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989)
- Papiliolebias francescae Valdesalici & Brousseau, 2014[2]
- Papiliolebias habluetzeli Valdesalici, D. T. B. Nielsen, Brousseau & Phunkner, 2016[3]
- Papiliolebias hatinne Azpelicueta, Butí & G. B. García, 2009
References
edit- ^ a b c Nielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2014): Description of a new annual fish, Papiliolebias ashleyae (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper Rio Mamoré basin, Bolivia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 53-59.
- ^ a b c Valdesalici, S. & Brousseau, R. (2014): A new Papiliolebias species (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from Bolivian Amazon. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 117-122.
- ^ a b c Valdesalici, S., Nielsen, D.T.B., Brousseau, R. & Phunkner, J. (2016): Papiliolebias habluetzeli (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae) a new miniature annual fish from the upper Rio Mamoré, Bolivia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (4): 155-164.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Papiliolebias". FishBase. November 2018 version.
- ^ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2007). "Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species". Zootaxa. 1410: 1–41.