Spectrolebias brousseaui (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae), a new annual fish from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia

Spectrolebias brousseaui is described from a temporary pool from the upper río Mamoré basin, Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The new species is distinguished from all congeners, by the overall dark blue coloration on the posterior two-thirds of body with bright blue iridescent spots vertically aligned in males. Spectrolebias brousseaui differs from all other species of the genus, except S. filamentosus, for having pelvic fins separated by a space (vs. pelvic fins in contact), long filaments at the tip of the dorsal and anal fins in males (vs. absence of filaments or presence only on dorsal fin in S. semiocellatus and S. inaequipinnatus, or the presence on the anal fin in S. chacoensis), and presence of contact organs on the scales of the flanks in males (vs.absence of contact organs on flanks in all remaining Spectrolebias species).

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Nielsen,Dalton Tavares Bressane
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000100081
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