Species:  Cynolebias leptocephalus
Description: Costa & Brasil, 1993
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References: Costa, W.J.E.M. (1995) Pearl Killifishes: The Cynolebiatinae Systematics and Biogeography of a Neotropical Annual Fish Subfamily (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). TFH. Addendum pg 126
Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 1933, 4 (3): 196
Dr Lothar Seegers, Killifishes of the World: New World Killis, Aqualog Verlag pg 99

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Abstract:  
Synonyms:
  • "Smallhead Pearlfish"
  • Type Locality: Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil.
    Distribution: Bahia, Brazil.
    Biotope: At the collection site "Guanambi" BHS 95/12 in 1995, this species was found together with Simpsonichthys fulminantis upon which it probably preys.
    Size: 13 - 15 cm
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    History:
  • Description (Costa & Brasil, 1993)
  • Wildekamp (1995):224
  • Baensch & Riehl (1997):522
  • Seegers (2000):99
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    Populations:
  • "Guanambi" BHS 95/12 (Bahia, Brazil)
  • Breeding: Bottom spawner.
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