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Phalloceros maldonadoi Souto-Santos, Lucinda & Buckup, 2023 |
| Family: | Poeciliidae (Poeciliids), subfamily: Poeciliinae | |||
| Max. size: | 4.85 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal soft rays: 10-11; Vertebrae: 31-32. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: autapomorphic presence of an asymmetrical flattened hood-like projection of skin located between the anus and the urogenital papilla of female; distal position of the hooks in the appendices of R3 of the gonopodium in males (Ref. 137683). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||