Phalloceros aspilos

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Phalloceros aspilos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloceros
Species:
P. aspilos
Binomial name
Phalloceros aspilos
Lucinda, 2008

Phalloceros aspilos, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [2]

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Distribution

Phalloceros aspilos is found in Brazil in the Rio Parati-Mirim, in Rio de Janeiro. [3]

Size

The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in), while males remain smaller at 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in). [3]

Habitat

The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are pelagic. [3]

Etymology

The fishes name is from the Greek, aspilos meaning stainless, without spots, or spotless; meaning the absence of the lateral spot. [3]

References

  1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Phalloceros aspilos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022 e.T186709A1817192. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186709A1817192.pt . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  2. Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001 .
  3. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros aspilos". FishBase . February 2015 version.