Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 23; Anal soft rays: 18 - 24; Vertebrae: 26 - 28. Female with anal fin long, spatulated, and long posterior process of occipital, terminating in narrow posterior extension; flanks with iridescent blue bars. Male with dorsolateral regions of head red, with blue spots on center of scales; bars on anal and caudal fins; with filamentous rays along the entire distal border of dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal-fin rays 20-23 in male (no dark zones), 15-18 in female; anal-fin rays 20-24 in male, 18-22 in female; caudal-fin rays 24-25, 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 flammeus (Costa, 1989)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

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

Habitat

benthopelagic