Neofundulus splendidus - New Species

On July 19, 2013, a new species of South American Annual Killifish from Bolivia was described and published, Neofundulus splendidus. Here are some photos of this new species.

Nielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2013): Description of a new species of annual fish of the genus Neofundulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3): 109-114.

Holotype male from collection location BFB 12/05. Photo by Guillaume Dethu

 

Photo by Didier Pilleti

Spectrolebias pilleti - New Species

On July 19, 2013, a new species of South American Annual Killifish from Bolivia was described and published, Spectrolebias pilleti. Here are some photos of this new species.

Nielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2013): Spectrolebias pilleti, a new annual Killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae) from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3): 115-122.

A wild male from the terra typica location, BP 2013-08

A wild male from another location, BP 2013-10

Spectrolebias brousseaui - New Species

On March 31, 2013 a new species of South American Annual Killifish from Bolivia was described and published, Spectrolebias brousseaui. Here are some photos of this new species.

Nielsen, D.T.B. (2013): Spectrolebias brousseaui (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae), a new annual fish from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (1): 81-84.



Wild male and female, RDB 2008/02; original material.

A photo taken in April 2008 showing the terra typica location, RDB 2008/02.

Showing colors of a wild male from terra typica, location RDB 2011/01.

An out of focus photo of the same male showing coloration of the spots and flared dorsal and anal fins.

A young wild male that was collected in February 2013 (BP 2013-12). This is a new location and is non terra typica. It is normal for young males to show a red coloration to the fins. This will disappear with age.

Collection location BP 2013-12.