Simpsonichthys nigromaculatus is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae.[2] It is found in the seasonal canals of floodplains of the Rio da Pratain in the Rio Aporé drainage in the upper Paraná basin, Brazil.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Simpsonichthys |
Species: | S. nigromaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Simpsonichthys nigromaculatus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007
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Description
editSimpsonichthys nigromaculatus reaches a standard length of 2.6 cm (1.0 in).[3]
References
edit- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Simpsonichthys nigromaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186494A1813914. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186494A1813914.pt. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Costa, W.J.E.M., 2007. Simpsonichthys nigromaculatus, a new miniature seasonal killifish from the upper rio Paraná basin, central Brazil (Teleostei: Cyprinidontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(3):199-203.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Simpsonichthys nigromaculatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.