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Rivulus flammaecauda Vermeulen & Mejia-Vargas, 2020

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Rivulus flammaecauda, Alto Rio Negro, La Guadalupe, small creek and surroundings about 10 minutes’ walk south-southwest in the forest starting where the airstrip ends (Ref. 130065).
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Main Ref: Vermeulen, F.B.M. and D.A. Mejia-Vargas, 2020
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Rivulinae
Etymology: Rivulus: Latin, rivus = stream (Ref. 45335);  flammaecauda: Name from Latin, 'flamma' meaning 'with flames' and 'cauda; for 'tail', referring to the flame-like radial lines on male caudal fins, a trait apparently unique among known Rivulus species..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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