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.