Phalloceros alessandrae
| Phalloceros alessandrae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. alessandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros alessandrae Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros alessandrae, or Alessandra's toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [2]
Distribution
[edit]Phalloceros alessandrae is found in Brazil in flooded areas on margins of nearby Antonina and rio Dois de Fevereiro, flowing into the Baía de Paranaguá.[3]
Size
[edit]The females of this species grow to a total length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), while males remain smaller at 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in).[3]
Habitat
[edit]The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. [3]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Lucinda’s wife, Ms. Alessandra M. V. Lucinda. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Phalloceros alessandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022: e.T187253A1825414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T187253A1825414.pt. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros alessandrae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 February 2025.