Argentine pearlfish
Austrolebias bellottii
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An annual killifish from the Paraná and Uruguay basins in Argentina and Uruguay. It lives in pools that dry out: the adults die and the eggs survive in the mud until the next rains.
- Scientific name
- Austrolebias bellottii
- Family
- Rivulidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Rivulidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Austrolebias apaii, Cynolebias belloti, Cynolebias bellotti, Cynolebias bellottii, Cynolebias belotti, Cynolebias gibberosus, Cynolebias irregularis, Cynolebias maculatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 18–22 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–8 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7 cm
- Lifespan
- 1.5 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Annual (diapause eggs)
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Near threatened (NT)
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