Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 25; Anal soft rays: 19 - 24; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Caudal peduncle of female with black spots. Male's anal fin with gray to black distal stripe; unpaired fins dark bluish gray; basihyal broad, 70-95% in length; conspicuous contact organs on scales of body sides. Second pharyngobranchial teeth, 5-10. Dorsal-fin rays 21-25 in male, 15-20 in female; anal-fin rays 22-24 in male, 19-23 in female; caudal-fin rays 23-36, caudal fin subtruncate in male, rounded in female (Ref. 49550).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Rivulidae

Genus: Hypsolebias

Species: Hypsolebias antenori (Tulipano, 1973)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Bottom spawner, 4 months. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic