Description

This species is distinguished from all other congeners except A. nigripinnis by having a wide infraorbital bar, its dorsal portion approximately so wide as orbital diameter (vs. distinctly narrower than orbit); differs from A. nigripinnis in having dorsal-fin origin posterior to anal-fin origin (vs. anterior) and a wide, nearly triangular basihyal, its width ca. 50 % basihyal length (vs. nearly rectangular, width ca. 35 % basihyal length) (Ref. 57613).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Rivulidae

Genus: Austrolebias

Species: Austrolebias paranaensis Costa, 2006

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic