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Leptolebias aureoguttatus

Leptolebias aureoguttatus

Classification

Family
Rivulidae

Leptolebias is a ray-finned fish genus of the killifish family Rivulidae. Like many of their relatives, they are rather ambiguously known as "pearlfish". They are endemic to the coastal areas of Brazil, where they inhabit ephemeral pools in tropical forests like the Mata Atlântica (or what remains thereof) and restinga.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 4