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Hypsolebias flavicaudatus (Costa & Brasil, 1990)

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from middle rio São Francisco basin, between Irecê, Bahia and Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Pernambuco, NE Brazil (Ref. 49550). Considered cirically endangered due to small area of occupancy associated with the strong decline in quality of the habitat and abrupt reduction in subpopulations (Ref. 89836). Also Ref. 27139, 36579.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Costa, W.J.E.M., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Cynolebiinae
Etymology: flavicaudatus: From the Latin 'flavus' (yellow) and 'caudatus' (with caudal fin), an allusion to the color pattern of the males..
  More on authors: Costa & Brasil.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory.   Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 13614)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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