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SINGLE PAPER

Volume 24, Issue 1 – 05 June 2018

Fabio Origuela de Lira, Dalton Tavares Bressane Nielsen and Luciano Medeiros de Araujo: First record of Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber 1979) (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) in Brazil, pp. 23-26

Abstract

The first record for the rivulid killifish Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber) for Brazil is presented. The species was recorded in a small tributary of the Oyapock River (Rio Oiapoque in Brazil), Amapá state, at the border with French Guyana. The potential occuurence of the species in other sites in Brazil is remarked.