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Dr Lothar Seegers, Killifishes of the World: New World Killis, Aqualog Verlag pg 182
| Species: | Simpsonichthys ghisolfii |
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| Description: | Costa, Cyrino & Nielsen, 1996 | |
| Etymology: | "Ghisolfi's Pearlfish" | |
| References: | Rev. fr. Aquariol., 23 (1-2): 17-20 Dr Lothar Seegers, Killifishes of the World: New World Killis, Aqualog Verlag pg 182 |
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| Type Locality: | Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil. |
| Distribution: | Rio São Francisco basin, Bahia, Brazil. |
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| Size: | 4.5 cm |
| Characteristics: | Body colouration white at the belly to gray at the top and rear. Males have 6 - 8 vertical lines of widely spaced white spots on the rear half of the body. The unpaired fins and caudal are a translucent yellow colour with white spots. The caudal is edged in a turquoise-green colouration. The females are flecked with light brown spots on the upper body and light brown vertical stripes run down the body behind the gills. They have a large black spot on the center of their sides and several smaller black spots at the base of the caudal penduncle. |
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