Kryptolebias

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: Kryptolebias
Species (8): K. brasiliensis – K. campelloi – K. caudomarginatus – K. gracilis – K. hermaphroditus – K. marmoratus – K. ocellatus – K. sepia
Name

Kryptolebias Costa, 2004

Gender: masculine
Type species: Fundulus brasiliensis Valenciennes, 1821
Type by being a replacement name for Cryptolebias Costa, 2004, preoccupied by †Cryptolebias Gaudant, 1978

References

Costa, W.J.E.M. 2004. Relationships and redescription of Fundulus brasiliensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with description of a new genus and notes on the classification of the Aplocheiloidei. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters 15(2): 105–120. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)
Costa, W.J.E.M. 2004. Kryptolebias, a substitute name for Cryptolebias Costa, 2004 and Kryptolebiatinae, a substitute name for Cryptolebiatinae Costa, 2004. Neotropical Ichthyology 2(2): 107–108. PDF.
Costa, W.J.E.M. 2011. Identity of Rivulus ocellatus and a new name for a hermaphroditic species of Kryptolebias from south-eastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters 22(2): 185–192. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)

Kryptolebias is a genus of killifish in the family Rivulidae mostly native to warm parts of South America but with one species (K. marmoratus) found north through the Caribbean region to the Gulf Coast states of the United States. They are small fish, up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in total length.[2] They are non-annual killifish.[3] The genus was originally name Cryptolebias but this name was pre-occupied by a genus of fossil fish.[1]
Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Kryptolebias brasiliensis Valenciennes, 1821
Kryptolebias campelloi W. J. E. M. Costa, 1990
Kryptolebias caudomarginatus Seegers, 1984
Kryptolebias gracilis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007
Kryptolebias hermaphroditus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2011
Kryptolebias marmoratus Poey, 1880 (Mangrove rivulus)
Kryptolebias ocellatus R. F. Hensel, 1868
Kryptolebias sepia Vermeulen & Hrbek, 2005

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Kryptolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Kryptolebias in FishBase. October 2018 version.
Berois, N.; G. García; R.O. de Sá, eds. (2015). Annual Fishes: Life History Strategy, Diversity, and Evolution. CRC Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781482299717.