Leptopanchax splendens (G. S. Myers, 1942)
Splendid pearlfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1950
Rediscovered in 2018(?).
Distribution
Brazil.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Myers, G. S. (1942). Studies on South American fresh-water fishes. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 2(4): 89-114.
Other references:
Costa, W. J. E. M., Matt, J. L. O. and Amorim, P. F. (2019). Rediscovery of Leptopanchax splendens (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae): a seasonal killifish from the Atlantic Forest of south‐eastern Brazil that was recently considered extinct. Journal of Fish Biology 94(2): 345-347. [Abstract]