Moema funkneri, Valdesalici 2019
History

A new annual killifish species, Moema funkneri, is described from a seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage, a tributary of Río Mamoré, Amazon basin, Bolivia. The new taxon is similar to M. heterostigma and M. ortegai/M. quiii by males possess oblique rows of red brown dots on flanks. It differs from all known congeners by the combination of the aforementioned color pattern, short pectoral fins, presence of almost dark yellow anal fin, broad orange margin on ventral and posterior portions of caudal fin, and a relatively high number of scales in the lateral line, transverse series, and circumpeduncular series.
Moema funkneri - male. Image taken from original descryption. Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by G. Funkner.
Moema funkneri - female. Image taken from original descryption. Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by G. Funkner.
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Reproduction
 
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Variations
Moema funkneri - female. Image taken from original descryption. Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by G. Funkner.
 		 Moema cf. funkneri, male, not preserved about 50.0 mm SL: Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by W. Staeck.  
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Map
Moema funkneri - female. Map taken from original descryption.
Geographical distribution of all known Moema species: Moema funkneri (star); Moema beucheyi (0); M. apurinan (1); M. boticarioi (1); M. claudiae (2); M. hellneri (3); M. heterostigma (4); M. manuensis (5); M. nudifrontata (6); M. obliquus (7); M. ortegai/M.quiii (8); M. pepotei (9); M. peruensis (10); M. piriana (11); M. portugali (12); M. rubrocaudatus (8); M. schleseri (13); M. staecki (14); and M. wischmanni (15).  
Moema funkneri - female. Image taken from original descryption. Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by G. Funkner.
  

Type locality of Moema funkneri: Bolivia, seasonal pool in the Río Grande drainage. Photo by G. Funkner.  

 
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Meristics

Max. measured standard length males: 102.3 mm. Females 75,1 mm.
Dorsal-fin rays 12; anal-fin rays 19; caudal-fin rays 34; pectoral-fin rays 14; pelvic-fin rays 8. Total vertebrae 36.  
LL scale count (average) 40 - 42
Pre- dorsal length to % SL; In males 74.4 - 74.8 %. In fem. 73.1 - 76.9
Depth to % SL: In males 18.4 - 26,1% (in fem. 21.6 - 22.2)

  
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Literature
Valdesalici, S. 2019. A new annual killifish: Moema funkneri (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the Bolivian Amazon. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology,  
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