Description

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Common Names

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Argentine pearlfish , English , USA

Argentine pearlfish , English , Global

Killifish , English , Uruguay

Smaragdikala , Finnish , Finland

Smaragdiviuhkaevä , Finnish , Finland

Blauer Fächerfisch , German , Germany

貝氏珠鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

贝氏珠鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Wachlarek belotta , Polish , Poland

Cinolebia , Spanish , Uruguay

Pavito , Spanish , Argentina

Solfjäderskilli , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Rivulidae

Genus: Austrolebias

Species: Austrolebias bellottii (Steindachner, 1881)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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South America: Lower Paraná and Uruguay River basins.

Biology

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Seasonal toothcarp living in waters that dry up during the dry season. The adult fishes die but the eggs survive in the mud and hatch in the next rainy season. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Bottom spawner, 4 months incubation. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic