Scientific name Simpsonichthys Higher classification Rivulids | Family Aplocheilidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Cynolebias, Hypsolebias, Austrolebias, Spectrolebias, Nothobranchius |
Simpsonichthys santanae ribeiro santana
Simpsonichthys is a genus of aplocheilid fish, all species in the genus are restricted to freshwater habitats in eastern or central Brazil. Formerly one of the larger genera in the family, the subgenus Hypsolebias was elevated to full genus in 2011, thus removing many of the species formerly included in Simpsonichthys. Spectrolebias and Xenurolebias are valid genus and not subgeneras of Simpsonichthys.
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![Simpsonichthys Simpsonichthys photo Simpsonichthys picturatus G76256 ARKive](https://alchetron.com/cdn/simpsonichthys-b4ac1988-ff16-4174-b601-dbb2d5daf4b-resize-750.jpeg)
Simpsonichthys parallelus
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
![Simpsonichthys Simpsonichthys myersi Cynolebias myersi Nematolebias myersi](https://alchetron.com/cdn/simpsonichthys-24835221-d37e-4a12-87d8-bf13ced2234-resize-750.jpeg)
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![Simpsonichthys Simpsonichthys santanae male Killie fish I was one of ten or](https://alchetron.com/cdn/simpsonichthys-ebd5850e-c1ca-4ba9-ad87-4a4ad3a2ebd-resize-750.jpeg)
![Simpsonichthys 1000 images about Killifishes Simpsonichthys and Hypsolebias on](https://alchetron.com/cdn/simpsonichthys-a4596fd2-a76b-448b-914b-15d3e7a7063-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Simpsonichthys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA