Hypsolebias bonita

Hypsolebias bonita Abrantes, Ramos, Bento & Lima, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Cynolebiinae
Etymology: bonita: Name 'bonita' in honor of Maria Gomes de Oliveira, known as 'Maria Bonita' the most prominent woman leader within the ‘cangaço’ social movement in the early XX century and in allusion to the antonymy to the adjective ‘feia’ (ugly), present in the name of the Furna Feia National Park, the type locality of the species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137857)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 25; Anal soft rays: 19 - 24; Vertebrae: 30. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: scale rows around caudal peduncle 12-14; yellowish brown dorsal fin; pelvic-fin rays 6; neuromasts on infraorbital series 15-19; parietal neuromasts 4; contact organs absent; dorsal-fin rays 21-25; caudal-fin rays 22-25; dorsal-fin origin at vertical through base of 2nd-3nd anal fin ray, in males; filaments at tip of dorsal and anal fins in adult males 3; number of longitudinal series scales 28-30; scales transverse series counts 12; oblique position of dark grey bar in eye; iridescent blue dots in the body and caudal fin present; number of vertebrae 30; and narrow head width in males 51.3-64.1% HL (Ref. 137857).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Abrantes, Y.G., T.P.A. Ramos, D.D.M. Bento and S.M.Q. Lima, 2023. Molecular delimitation of the seasonal killifishes of the Hypsolebias antenori species group (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae), with description of two new species from the Caatinga coastal basins, northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5389(5):545-562. (Ref. 137857)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈