Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 13614)
South America: Tocantins River basin, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36579)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 23; Anal soft rays: 18 - 24; Vertebrae: 26 - 28. Female with anal fin long, spatulated, and long posterior process of occipital, terminating in narrow posterior extension; flanks with iridescent blue bars. Male with dorsolateral regions of head red, with blue spots on center of scales; bars on anal and caudal fins; with filamentous rays along the entire distal border of dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal-fin rays 20-23 in male (no dark zones), 15-18 in female; anal-fin rays 20-24 in male, 18-22 in female; caudal-fin rays 24-25, caudal fin subtruncate in male, rounded in female (Ref. 49550).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Bottom spawner, 4 months. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, D.T.B., M. Martins, L.M. de Araujo and Suzart, R. dos Reis, 2014. Hypsolebias shibattai, a new species of annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio São Francisco northern Brazil. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 20(1):27-34. (Ref. 94796)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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