Phalloceros elachistos, the Córrego toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [1]
| Phalloceros elachistos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. elachistos |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros elachistos Lucinda, 2008 | |
Distribution
editPhalloceros elachistos is found in Brazil in the drainages of rio Doce, Santa Maria da Vitória, Jucu, and Timbuí, which are coastal drainages of Espírito Santo State of Brazil.[2]
Size
editThe females of this species grow to a total length of 2.8 centimetres (1.1 in), while males remain smaller at 2.0 centimetres (0.79 in). .[2]
Habitat
editThe fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. [2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in Latin = elachis, small, or short or little; –istos, meaning least, referring to small size. [3]
References
edit- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros elachistos". 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 16 February 2025.