Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 24; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Caudal peduncle of female with black spots. Male's anal fin with gray to black distal stripe; basihyal broad, 70-95% in length; and, second pharyngobranchial teeth, 5-10. Dorsal-fin rays 20-24 in male, 15-19 in female; anal-fin rays 21-25 in male, 20-24 in female; caudal-fin rays 23-25, caudal fin subtruncate in male, rounded in female. Long filamentous rays on tip of dorsal and anal-fin in male, tips reaching beyond posterior border of caudal fin. Anal fin reddish orange anteriorly, yellow posteriorly; body bars inconspicuous in life, poorly visible in preserved specimens (Ref. 49550).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Rivulidae

Genus: Hypsolebias

Species: Hypsolebias igneus (Costa, 2000)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

pelagic