Ophthalmolebias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Rivulidae |
Genus: | Ophthalmolebias Costa, 2006 |
Species: | O. ilheusensis
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Binomial name | |
Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis (W. J. E. M. Costa & S. M. Q. Lima, 2010)
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Synonyms | |
Simpsonichthys ilheusensis Costa & Lima, 2010 |
Ophthalmolebias ilheusensis is a killifish from the family Rivulidae which is endemic to Brazil where it is only known from river floodplains near Ilhéus in Bahia.[1] Fishbase has this as the only species in the genus Opthamolebias with the other five species which other authorities classify as being within that genus placed in Simpsonichthys.[2][3] The genus Ophthalmolebias was initially considered a subgenus of Simpsonichthys, but has been elevated to full genus status.[4]