Published December 31, 2006 | Version v1
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Austrolebias adloffi

Description

Clade A5: Austrolebias adloffi species group

Diagnosis

Distinguished from remaining taxa in genus in having a unique color pattern on posterior portion of caudal peduncle in juveniles and adult females, sometimes in adult males, consisting of a pair of black spots arranged vertically in close proximity, sometimes coalesced to form an 8-shaped blotch.

Included species

Austrolebias charrua Costa & Cheffe; A. minuano Costa & Cheffe; A. adloffi (Ahl); A. nigrofasciatus Costa & Cheffe; A. nachtigalli Costa & Cheffe, new species; and A. salviai Costa, Litz & Laurino, new species.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson J. E. M. Costa, 2006, The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision., pp. 1-162 in Zootaxa 1213 on page 120

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Biodiversity

Family
Rivulidae
Genus
Austrolebias
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Species
adloffi
Taxon rank
species