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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Rivulinae
Etymology: Pituna: Tupí, pituna = black; in Goias, Brazil; xinguensis: An allusion to the occurrence of this species in the rio Xingu..
More on authors: Costa & Nielsen.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South America: known only from the type locality, a temporary swamp on a rio Xingu island, Brazilian Amazonian forest.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57947); 3.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 28 - 29.

Found in a temporary swamp (Ref. 57947).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Costa, W.J.E.M., 2007. Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa 1410:1-41. (Ref. 57947)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 18 May 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

FAO -

Pituna xinguensis Costa & Nielsen, 2007