Leptolebias marmoratus

Leptolebias marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Leptolebias
G. S. Myers, 1952
Species: L. marmoratus
Binomial name
Leptolebias marmoratus
(Ladiges, 1934)
Synonyms

Cynopoecilus marmoratus Ladiges, 1934

Leptolebias marmoratus, also known as the Marbled pearlfish is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae found in temporary channels within dense rain forest, in the floodplains of rivers draining into the Baía de Guanabara, south-eastern Brazil. This species is the only member of its genus.[1]

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