Nematolebias whitei

Nematolebias whitei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aplocheilidae
Genus:	Nematolebias
Species:	N. whitei
Binomial name
	Nematolebias whitei; (G. S. Myers, 1942)
Synonyms
	Cynolebias whitei Myers, 1942; Cynolebias elegans (Ladiges, 1958); Leptolebias elegans (Ladiges, 1958); Pterolebias elegans Ladiges, 1958;

Nematolebias whitei, the Rio pearlfish, is a species of aplocheilid fish native to South America. It is the type species of its genus.

References

^ Studies on South American freshwater fishes I. GS Myers - Stanford Ichthyol. Bull, 1942

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