Phalloceros malabarbai

Phalloceros malabarbai, the Itapoá toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.

Distribution

Phalloceros malabarbai is known only from the type locality, which is a creek near Itapoá, in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Size

The females of this species grow to a total length of, while males remain smaller at.

Habitat

The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Luiz [Roberto Malabarba], of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, because of his numerous contributions to neotropical ichthyology.