Melanorivulus dapazi (Costa, 2005)

Family:  Rivulidae (Rivulines), subfamily: Rivulinae
Max. size:  3.17 cm SL (male/unsexed); 2.49 cm SL (female)
Environment:  pelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: upper section of the rio Correntes drainage, rio Paraguay basin, central Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Distinguished from all other species of the R. punctatus group in having an anal fin with an orange distal stripe (vs. orange distal stripe absent) and caudal fin with marginalregion dark orange with black ventral outline in males (vs. never a similar pattern). Differs from all other species from the ParanĂ¡-Paraguay basin by the combination of the following features: flank with chevron-like red lines (vs.oblique rows of red dots), flank with dark gray stripe along midline (vs. strike absent), and 34-35 scales on the longitudinal series (vs. 30-32 as in all other species of the rio Paraguay basin).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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