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Xenurolebias
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Xenurolebias

Xenurolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to temporary pools in the Atlantic forest near the coast in southeast Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil.

They are small fish, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in total length. As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Xenurolebias myersi

speciesXenurolebias myersi

Xenurolebias cricarensis

speciesXenurolebias cricarensis

Xenurolebias pataxo

speciesXenurolebias pataxo

Xenurolebias tupinikin

speciesXenurolebias tupinikin

Xenurolebias izecksohni

speciesXenurolebias izecksohni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 620165.