Sunday, December 28, 2014

Papiliolebias francescae - New Species


On July 29, 2014, a new species of South American Annual Killifish from Bolivia was described and published, Papiliolebias francescae. Here are some photos of this new species.

Valdesalici, S. & Brousseau, R. (2014): A new Papiliolebias species (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from Bolivian Amazon. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 117-122.


Papiliolebias francescae BPBV 2014-16

Papiliolebias francescae BPBV 2014-16

Friday, December 19, 2014

Papiliolebias ashleyae - New Species


On January 15, 2014, a new species of South American Annual Killifish from Bolivia was described and published, Papiliolebias ashleyae. Here are some photos of this new species.

Nielsen, D.T.B. & Brousseau, R. (2014): Description of a new annual fish, Papiliolebias ashleyae (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper Rio Mamoré basin, Bolivia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 53-59.

 
 Two wild males collected in March 2011.



Close-up of a recently dead wild male from 2011.

Papiliolebias ashleyae Paso BPBV 2014-04
Papiliolebias ashleyae Quituquiña BP 2013-11