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Austrolebias nigrofasciatus Costa %26 Cheffe, 2001
Family: Rivulidae (Rivulines)
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Order: Cyprinodontiformes (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size: 4.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 44045); 4.01 cm SL (female)
Environment: benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater
Climate: tropical
Importance:
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:

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South America: inner drainages between laguna dos Patos and lagoa Mirim, southern Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 23; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 %26#150; 26; Vertebrae: 27 %26#150; 30. Two apomorphic color patterns, body bright gray with dark gray to black stripes in males (versus light gray or no stripes) and a vertically paired black blotch on caudal peduncle of juveniles and females (versus small spots irregularly arranged, or a single round dorsally positioned spot, or no spots on caudal peduncle). Males with light blue stripes parallel to rays on the basal half of unpaired fins and a black blotch anteriorly bordered by a narrow blue line on posterior portion of dorsal and anal fins. Scales on longitudinal series 26-28, supraorbital neuromasts 16-19, pharyngobranchial teeth 2-5. Dorsal fin origin anterior to anal fin origin in females. Caudal fin rounded.
Biology:
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Costa, Wilson J.E.M.
 
 
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