Austrolebias paranaensis Costa, 2006

Family:  Rivulidae (Rivulines), subfamily: Cynolebiinae
Max. size:  2.54 cm SL (male/unsexed); 2.5 cm SL (female)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Paraguay.
Diagnosis:  This species is distinguished from all other congeners except A. nigripinnis by having a wide infraorbital bar, its dorsal portion approximately so wide as orbital diameter (vs. distinctly narrower than orbit); differs from A. nigripinnis in having dorsal-fin origin posterior to anal-fin origin (vs. anterior) and a wide, nearly triangular basihyal, its width ca. 50 % basihyal length (vs. nearly rectangular, width ca. 35 % basihyal length) (Ref. 57613).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 15 January 2021 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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