title: Rivulus berovidesi, a new killifish species (Teleostei: Rivulidae) from western Cuba.
abstract: Rivulus berovidesi, a new killifish species, is described from a small stream in Sierra de Cajalbana, northwestern Cuba. It is readily distinguished from Rivulus cylindraceus Poey by the combination of an exclusive color pattern and meristic characters such as a d-type frontal scalation pattern (versus e-type pattern in Rivulus cylindraceus). The current diagnosis of Rivulus berovidesi based on chromatic, morphological and meristic characters is consistent with a recent molecular analysis of this genus in Cuba.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática. Carretera Varona 11835 e/ Oriente y Lindero, La Habana 19, CP 11900, Calabazar, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba.; Email: rodetrodriguezsilva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rodet Rodriguez
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003462:Cuba; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D023781:Fundulidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size