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Leptolebias opalescens

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINODONTIFORMES RIVULIDAE

Scientific Name: Leptolebias opalescens
Species Authority: (Myers, 1942)
Common Name/s:
English – Annual Tropical Killifish, Opalescent Pearlfish
French – Cynolebias Opalescent
Spanish – Pez Anual Opalescente
Synonym/s:
Cynolebias opalescens Myers, 1942
Leptolebias opalescens
Taxonomic Notes: Following Eschmeyer (2004) Cynolebias opalescens was transferred to Leptolebias opalescens.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable B1+2ac+3bd ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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History:
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brazil
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Leptolebias opalescens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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