Phalloceros mikrommatos
| Phalloceros mikrommatos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. mikrommatos
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros mikrommatos Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros mikrommatos, the Seguro toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [1]
Distribution
Phalloceros mikrommatos is found in the Rio João de Tiba drainage in Bahia, Brazil.[2]
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in), while males remain smaller at 2.0 centimetres (0.79 in). .[2]
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic. [2]
Etymology
The fish is named in Latin = mikro-, menaing small; ommatus, having an eye, referring to eye-like (ocellated) lateral spot. [3]
References
- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros mikrommatos". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 February 2025.