Austrofundulus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Austrofundulus
Species: A. guajira – A. leohoignei – A. leoni – A. limnaeus – A. myersi – A. rupununi – A. transilis
Name

Austrofundulus Myers, 1932

Gender: masculine

Type species: Austrofundulus transilis Myers, 1932, by original designation and monotypy.
References

Myers, G.S. 1932. A new genus of funduline cyprinodont fishes from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 45: 159–162. BHL Reference page.

Links

Austrofundulus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Austrofundulus is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae native to northern Colombia, northern Venezuela and southwestern Guyana.[2] They are annual killifish where adults generally have a short life in temporary ponds or swamps and the eggs experience a period of drought, only hatching when again covered by water.[3]

They are small thickset fish, no more than 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length,[4] and most less than half that size.[2]
Species

Austrofundulus is closely related to Rachovia,[2] and it has been suggested that the former should be merged into the latter.[5]

There are currently 7 recognized species of Austrofundulus:[4]

Austrofundulus guajira Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
Austrofundulus leohoignei Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
Austrofundulus leoni Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
Austrofundulus limnaeus L. P. Schultz, 1949
Austrofundulus myersi Dahl, 1958
Austrofundulus rupununi Hrbek, Taphorn & Thomerson, 2005
Austrofundulus transilis G. S. Myers, 1932

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Austrofundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
Hrbek, Y.; D.C. Taphorn; J.E. Thomerson (2005). "Molecular phylogeny of Austrofundulus Myers (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with revision of the genus and the description of four new species". Zootaxa. 825: 1–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.825.1.1.
Woll, S.C.; J. Roush; W.C. Warren; A. Brunet; J.E. Podrabsky (2018). "The genome of Austrofundulus limnaeus offers insights into extreme vertebrate stress tolerance and embryonic development". BMC Genomics. 19 (155): 155. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4539-7. PMC 5819677. PMID 29463212.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Austrofundulus in FishBase. October 2018 version.
Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014). "Phylogeny and evolutionary radiation in seasonal rachovine killifishes: biogeographical and taxonomical implications". Vertebrate Zoology. 64 (2): 177–192.