Laimosemion

Laimosemion
Laimosemion xiphidius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aplocheilidae
Genus:	Laimosemion Huber, 1999
Type species
Rivulus geayi Vaillant, 1899
Synonyms
Owiyeye Costa, 2006

Laimosemion is a genus of fish in the family Aplocheilidae formerly included in Rivulus but separated by W. J. E. M. Costa in 2011. Subsequent work done in 2012 by J. H. Huber suggests that this group is simply a subgenus of Rivulus. ^[1]

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

• Laimosemion agilae (Hoedeman, 1954)
• Laimosemion altivelis (Huber, 1992)
• Laimosemion amanapira (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2004)
• Laimosemion breviceps (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Laimosemion cladophorus (Huber, 1991)
• Laimosemion corpulentus (Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993)
• Laimosemion dibaphus (G. S. Myers, 1927)
• Laimosemion frenatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Laimosemion geayi (Vaillant, 1899)
• Laimosemion gransabanae (Lasso A., Taphorn & Thomerson, 1992)
• Laimosemion jauaperi W. J. E. M. Costa & Bragança, 2013 ^[2]
• Laimosemion kirovskyi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2004)
• Laimosemion leticia Valdesalici, 2016 ^[3]
• Laimosemion lyricauda (Thomerson, Berkenkamp & Taphorn, 1991)
• Laimosemion mabura Valdesalici & García-Gil, 2015 ^[4]
• Laimosemion mahdiaensis (Suijker & Collier, 2006)
• Laimosemion nicoi (Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992)
• Laimosemion paryagi Vermeulen, Suijker & Collier, 2012 (Paryag's killifish) ^[5]
• Laimosemion rectocaudatus (Fels & de Rham, 1981)
• Laimosemion romeri (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2003)
• Laimosemion sape (Lasso-Alcalá, Taphorn, Lasso A. & León-Mata, 2006)
• Laimosemion staecki (I. Schindler & Valdesalici, 2011)
• Laimosemion strigatus (Regan, 1912)
• Laimosemion tecminae (Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1992)
• Laimosemion torrenticola (Vermeulen & Isbrücker, 2000)
• Laimosemion uakti (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2004)
• Laimosemion uatuman (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2004)
• Laimosemion ubim W. J. E. M. Costa & Lazzarotto, 2014 ^[6]
• Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber, 1979)

References

1. Huber J.H. (2012): Reappraisal of the Phylogeny of Rivulus and its Allied Focused on External Characters. Killi-Data Series, 2012: 9-25.
2. Costa, W.J.E.M. & Bragança, P.H.N. (2013): A new miniature killifish of the genus Laimosemion, subgenus Owiyeye, from the Negro river drainage, Brazilian Amazon (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 93-96.
3. Valdesalici, S. (2016): Laimosemion leticia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new species from the upper Rio Amazonas, Southern Colombia. Zootaxa, 4085 (2): 279–284.
4. Valdesalici, S. & Gil, J.R.G. (2015): Laimosemion mabura, a new killifish from the Essequibo River drainage, Guyana (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (4): 166-171.
5. Vermeulen, F.B.M., Suijker, W.H. & Collier, G.E. (2012): Laimosemion paryagi (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), a new species from the upper Mazaruni river drainage of Western Guyana. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 181-190.
6. Costa, W.J.E.M. & Lazzarotto, H. (2014): Laimosemion ubim, a new miniature killifish from the Brazilian Amazon (Teleostei: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4): 371-389.