Species:  Cynolebias albipunctatus
Description: Costa & Brasil, 1991
Etymology: "Whitespotted Pearlfish"
References: Costa, W.J.E.M. (1995) Pearl Killifishes: The Cynolebiatinae Systematics and Biogeography of a Neotropical Annual Fish Subfamily (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). TFH. pg 82-84
Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 1991, 2 (1): 58
Dr Lothar Seegers, Killifishes of the World: New World Killis, Aqualog Verlag pg 98
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Abstract:  
Synonyms:
  • "Whitespotted Pearlfish"
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    Type Locality: Temporary pool, 70 km south of the city of Uauá, Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil.
    Distribution: Central São Francisco flood plains, Bahia/Minas Gerais, N.E. Brazil
    Biotope:  
    Size: Males 12 cm
    Characteristics:  
    Variations:  
    History:
  • Description (Costa & Brasil, 1991)
  • Costa (1995):82
  • Wildekamp (1995):172
  • Baensch & Riehl (1997):506
  • Seegers (2000):98
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    Gallery:  
    Populations:
  • "Itacarimbi"
  • "Juazeiro" BB 00 (Bahia, Brazil)
  • "Juazeiro" BR 00 (Bahia, Brazil)
    • Breeding: Bottom spawner.
    Incubation: [20ºC] 13 weeks
    [21 - 24ºC] 6 months
    [24 - 27ºC] 8 weeks
    Variable reports perhaps due to diapause.
    Egg Diameter: 2 mm
    Remarks:  
    Contributors: David Baker
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