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Cynolebias rectiventer Costa, 2014

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Costa, W.J.E.M., 2014
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found only in two adjacent temporart lagoons situated in the floodplain of a seasonal tributary to the Verde river, about 3 km distant from that tributary and about 18 km W from the Verde river, which is a right-bank tributary of the lower-middle São Francisco River Basin in the Bahia state (Ref. 97357).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Costa, W.J.E.M., 2014
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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: Cynolebias: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, lebias = a kind of small fish (Ref. 45335);  rectiventer: Dervied from the Latin rectus, meaning straight, and venter, meaning belly. This is in reference to the straight ventral profile of the body in males, a condition unique in Cynolebias..

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 97357).   Tropical

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