Annual tropical killifish  (Leptolebias opalescens)

IUCN Red List species status – Vulnerable
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Facts – Annual tropical killifish

Also known as: Opalescent pearlfish
  
French: Cynolebias Opalescent
Spanish: Pez Anual Opalescente
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCyprinodontiformes
FamilyRivulidae
GenusLeptolebias (1)

Status – Annual tropical killifish

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II on CITES (2).  

Description – Annual tropical killifish

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2010)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. CITES (March, 2010)
    http://www.cites.org
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Leptolebias opalescens
Leptolebias opalescens

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Frans Vermeulen
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