Leptolebias splendens, (Myers, 1942)
History

Leptolebias splendens was described in 1942 by Myers originally as Cynolebias splendens, discoverd at Serra do Petropolis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, were they lived in waterholes at the foot of the mountains, now known as Serra dos Orgãos. The same locality as Leptolebias opalescens.

 

  
Leptolebias sandrii (= L. splendens) - male. Near Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. © Image made by Maurice Chauche, France.
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Reproduction

I assumed the same as other members of the Leptolebias genus.

  

 
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Variations
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Leptolebias splendens - male. Near Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. © Drawing is made and donated by Ruud H. Wildekamp, The Netherlands from his AKA publication "A World of Killies, Vol. 4." The material is being reprinted with permission of both, Ruud Wildekamp and the American Killifish Association. This diagram may not be copied or used on any other web site.
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Map
   
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Meristics

Max. size 3.0 cm.
Dorsal 13.0,
Anal 18.0,
D/A 5.0,
LL scale count (average)24.0

    
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Literature
Myers, G.S. 1942. Studies on South American Freshwater Fishes I. Stanford Ichthyological Bull., 2 (4): 110.
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