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Yelloweye Pearlfish (Austrolebias ephemerus)
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Yelloweye Pearlfish (Austrolebias ephemerus) specimen
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Rivulidae

Yelloweye Pearlfish

Austrolebias ephemerus

A yellow eye under critically endangered status

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Yelloweye Pearlfish is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 3.2 cm.

Family
Rivulidae
Maximum length
3.2 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
South America: Brazil.
Conservation status
CRCritically Endangered

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