Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Rivulidae Rivulines
Subfamily: Cynolebiinae
Genus: Matilebias

(See list of species below)


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11 species (see list below)
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Photo by Loureiro, M.

South America
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Matilebias affinis (Amato, 1986)
Photo by Loureiro, M.
 
Matilebias affinis
Photo by Terceira, A.C.

South America
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Matilebias alexandri (Castello & López, 1974)
Photo by Terceira, A.C.
 
Matilebias alexandri
No picture found
 
Matilebias camaquensis
Photo by Volcan, M.V.

South America
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Matilebias cyaneus (Amato, 1987)
Photo by Volcan, M.V.
 
Matilebias cyaneus
Photo by Hellner, S

South America
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Matilebias duraznensis (García, Scvortzoff & Hernández, 1995)
Photo by Hellner, S
 
Matilebias duraznensis
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Matilebias ibicuiensis
Photo by Volcan, M.V.

South America
Max. Length 3.4 cm SL
Matilebias juanlangi (Costa, Cheffe, Salvia & Litz, 2006)
Photo by Volcan, M.V.
 
Matilebias juanlangi
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Matilebias litzi
Photo by Vermeulen, F.

South America
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Matilebias paucisquama (Ferrer dos Santos, Malabarba & Costa, 2008)
Photo by Vermeulen, F.
 
Matilebias paucisquama
Photo by Volcan, M.V.

South America
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Matilebias periodicus (Costa, 1999)
Photo by Volcan, M.V.
 
Matilebias periodicus
Photo by Vermeulen, F.

South America

Matilebias toba (Calviño, 2006)
Photo by Vermeulen, F.
 
Matilebias toba


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Matilebias affinis South America 5 TL 1986
Matilebias alexandri South America 9 TL 1974
Matilebias camaquensis South America 2017
Matilebias cyaneus South America 5 TL 1987
Matilebias duraznensis South America 2.8 SL 1995
Matilebias ibicuiensis South America 5 TL 1999
Matilebias juanlangi South America 3.4 SL 2006
Matilebias litzi South America 3.8 SL 2006
Matilebias paucisquama South America 3.5 SL 2008
Matilebias periodicus South America 5 TL 1999
Matilebias toba South America 2006



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