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Papiliolebias
Papiliolebias is a genus of fish in the family Rivulidae. These annual killifish are endemic to seasonal pools in the Paraguay and upper Madeira river basins in northwestern Argentina, central and southeastern Bolivia, and western Paraguay.
They are small fish, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length. As typical of killifish, males are more colorful than females.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Papiliolebias bitteri
speciesPapiliolebias bitteri
Papiliolebias ashleyae
speciesPapiliolebias ashleyae
Papiliolebias francescae
speciesPapiliolebias francescae
Papiliolebias hatinne
speciesPapiliolebias hatinne
Papiliolebias habluetzeli
speciesPapiliolebias habluetzeli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 90654.