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Leptolebias opalescens (Myers 1942)

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Aquarium conditions preferred: pH=6.8, H=7, 25°C, with rocks, plants and driftwood. Carnivorous, egg laying and peaceful community fish (Ref. 6398). Bottom spawner, 4 months incubation. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
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Leptolebias opalescens

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Leptolebias opalescens, also known as the opal pearlfish is a species of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae[2] endemic to Brazil.[3] This species was described as Cynolebias opalescens by George S. Myers in 1942 with the type locality given as the base of the Serra do Petrópolis, near Imbarié in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.[4]

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Leptopanchax opalescens (formerly as: Leptolebias opalescens)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T39299A147392445.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Leptolebias opalescens" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cynolebias opalescens". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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Leptolebias opalescens: Brief Summary

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Leptolebias opalescens, also known as the opal pearlfish is a species of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae endemic to Brazil. This species was described as Cynolebias opalescens by George S. Myers in 1942 with the type locality given as the base of the Serra do Petrópolis, near Imbarié in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.

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