Austrolebias arachan

Austrolebias arachan is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae.[1] It has only been recorded from Uruguay.[1] This species was described in 2004 with the type locality given as a pond in Cerro Largo province,[2] the specific name being a reference the natives of that province, the Arachán.[3]

Austrolebias arachan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrolebias
Species:
A. arachan
Binomial name
Austrolebias arachan
Loureiro, Duarte & Zarucki, 2004
Distribution of Austrolebias arachan (red)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Austrolebias arachan" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrolebias arachan". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. 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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