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: Neofundulus
Species: N. acutirostratus – N. aureomaculatus – N. guaporensis – N. ornatipinnis – N. paraguayensis – N. parvipinnis – N. rubrofasciatus – N. splendidus
Name
Neofundulus Myers, 1924: 9
Type species: Fundulus paraguayensis Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Etymology: From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”), and fundulus, from Latin fundus (= bottom); a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish".
References
Myers, G.S. 1924: A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. American Museum novitates, 116: 1–9. PDF
Links
ITIS
Neofundulus is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to the Paraguay, Guaporé, Mamoré and São Francisco basins in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[2][3] They inhabit temporary waters, such as swamps or ponds, that typically are located in open habitats like grassland. Once the water disappears, the adults die, but the eggs that have been laid in the bottom remain, only hatching after several months when the water returns.[3][4]
They are small fish, with the largest species up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in total length.[5]
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[5]
Neofundulus acutirostratus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1992
Neofundulus aureomaculatus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2015[2]
Neofundulus guaporensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 1988
Neofundulus ornatipinnis G. S. Myers, 1935
Neofundulus paraguayensis (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
Neofundulus parvipinnis W. J. E. M. Costa, 1988
Neofundulus rubrofasciatus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2015[2]
Neofundulus splendidus D. T. B. Nielsen & Brousseau, 2013[3]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Neofundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
Costa, W.J.E.M. (2015). "Taxonomy of the seasonal killifish genus Neofundulus in the Brazilian Pantanal (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (1): 15–25. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31500.
Nielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2013): Description of a new species of annual fish of the genus Neofundulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3): 109-114.
Vermeulen, F. "The genus Neofundulus, Myers 1924". itrainsfishes.net. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neofundulus". FishBase. November 2018 version.
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