Moema heterostigma Costa, 2003

Family:  Rivulidae (Rivulines), subfamily: Rivulinae
Max. size:  7.35 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Rio Paraguay basin in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-13; Anal soft rays: 18-20; Vertebrae: 38-39. Possesses filamentous rays on the pectoral fin tip of male; scale rows around caudal peduncle 20; presence of a subproximal horizontal row of orange spots and a distal orange stripe on male anal fin, and orange spots on basal portion of dorsal, anal and caudal fins of male; absence of a black humeral blotch; having distinctive oblique rows of dark brown dots on flank, small round orange spots on the ventral portion of male caudal fin, and longer male pelvic fin, tip reaching between base of 5th and 7th anal fin ray (Ref. 52822).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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