Phalloceros megapolos, the Lindo toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [1]
| Phalloceros megapolos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. megapolos |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros megapolos Lucinda, 2008 | |
Distribution
editPhalloceros megapolos is found in the drainages of the rio São João, the rio Cubatão (Norte) and small adjacent drainages, all of which flow into the Baía de Guaratuba in Paraná State, Brazil.[2]
Size
editThe females of this species grow to a total length of 4.0 centimetres (1.6 in), while males remain smaller at 2.3 centimetres (0.91 in). .[2]
Habitat
editThe fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. [2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in Latin = mega-, meaning large; polos, a rod, pole or an axle, referring to expanded terminal appendix of the gonopodium.[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 megapolos". 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.