Simpsonichthys constanciae

Simpsonichthys constanciae is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae that is endemic to Brazil. It is restricted to temporary freshwater habitats (like ponds) in the São João basin in Rio de Janeiro, while all other species in the genus are from Bahia.[3][4] It is a small killifish that is up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in total length.[2]

Simpsonichthys constanciae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae
Genus: Simpsonichthys
Species:
S. constanciae
Binomial name
Simpsonichthys constanciae
(Myers, 1942)[2]
Synonyms
  • Cynolebias constanciae Myers, 1942
  • Ophthalmolebias constanciae (Myers 1942)

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours Constance White, an American watercolour painter, who collected type of this fish with her husband, Lieutenant colonel Thomas D. White, and created colour sketches for George S. Myers.[5]

References
  1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Ophthalmolebias constanciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T6084A140550975. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Simpsonichthys constanciae" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ophthalmolebias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016). "Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (2): 125–140. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31538.
  5. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (5 September 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Family RIVULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 September 2019.


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