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Anitápolis livebearer (Jenynsia weitzmani)
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Anitápolis livebearer (Jenynsia weitzmani) specimen
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Anablepidae

Anitápolis livebearer

Jenynsia weitzmani

Endemic Anablepid Fish of the Brazilian Coast

  • Tropical
  • Upper river
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Anitápolis livebearer is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
7.6 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
South America: currently known only from its type locality in eastern Santa Catarina State, an unnamed tributary of the rio Pinheiros in the upper rio Tubarão drainage near Anitápolis, Brazil (Ref. 45800 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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