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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Cynolebiinae
Eponymy: Dr Antenor Leitao de Carvalho (1910–1985) was a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist, specializing in frogs. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Myers.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Tropical
South America: Paraná River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51692); 3.8 cm SL (female)
Short description
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 22; Anal soft rays: 16 - 22. Can be distinguished from all its congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin origin in front of anal-fin origin, both dorsal fin and anal fin with 21 rays in males, 17-18 in females, and sides of body of males pale golden with transverse brownish-purple bars (Ref. 51692).
Bottom spawner, ? months incubation (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Costa, W.J.E.M., 2003. Rivulidae (South American Annual Fishes). p. 526-548. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36579)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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