Species:  Austrolebias charrua
Description: Costa & Cheffe, 2001
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References: Three New Annual Fishes of The Genus Austrolebias From The Laguna Dos Patos System, Southern Brazil, and a Redescription of A. adloffi (AHL) (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Wilson J.E.M. Costa & Morevy M. Cheffe; Volume 14 (2) - 2001, Comunicações do MCT.

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Abstract: Member of the clade Austrolebias adloffi species group (Costa).

Austrolebias adloffi species-group has a male color pattern of male (dark gray to black vertical stripes on a bright gray ground color on body side) and a derived juvenile and female color pattern (a pair of black blotches, vertically arranged, on the posterior portion of caudal peduncle). It comprises Austrolebias adloffi, Austrolebias charrua, Austrolebias minuano and Austrolebias nigrofasciatus.
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Distribution: From coastal plains adjacent to Lagoa Mirim, S. Brazil.
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Characteristics: Diagnosed by the higher counts of supraorbital neuromasts and longitudinal series scales.
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  • "Canal Andreoni" (Rocha, Uruguay)
  • "Ruta 9 km 345"
  • Breeding: Bottom spawner.
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    The Austrolebias adloffi species-group

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