Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 25; Anal soft rays: 18 - 24; Vertebrae: 29 - 31. Caudal peduncle of female with black spots. Male's anal fin with gray to black distal stripe, iridescent dots restricted to posterior portion of the fin, anterior part pink and posterior yellow; basihyal broad, 70-95% in length; and, second pharyngobranchial teeth,5-10. Dorsal-fin rays 22-25 in male, 15-19 in female; anal-fin rays 22-24 in male, 18-22 in female; caudal-fin rays 23-25, caudal fin subtruncate in male, rounded in female. Males possess pronounced pectoral-fin contact organs and elongated brilliant spots on anterobasal part of dorsal fin (Ref. 49550).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Rivulidae

Genus: Hypsolebias

Species: Hypsolebias flagellatus (Costa, 2003)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in seasonal pools (Ref. 89836).

Habitat

benthopelagic