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Simpsonichthys parallelus
Simpsonichthys parallelus
Vereda Killifish
Photographer: Cristiano Nogueira

ID: 0000 0000 0803 0733 (2003-08-31)

Copyright © 2003 Cristiano Nogueira

 
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  • date of photo  Feb 1998
  • this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
  • photo location   Goiás state, Cerrado region, Brazil
  • animal's place of origin   Goiás state, Cerrado region, Brazil (Brazil)
  • notes   Annual fishes inhabit seasonally dry pools in wet areas, such as veredas (palm marshes) in the Cerrado. Simpsonichthys parallelus (Teleostei: Rivulidae) was recently described, and was discovered during our samplings for tadpoles in Cerrado herpetofaunal inventories. Most annual fishes have restricted ranges, with many endemic or undescribed forms threatened by habitat destruction throughout the Cerrado domain.
  • photo category: Animal - Fish

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  • common names   Vereda Killifish (photographer)
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