Die Gattung Kryptolebias unterscheidet sich morphologisch durch einen dorsal erweiterten Rand an der dorsalen Spitze des Autopalatins und einen rudimentären oder fehlenden anterodorsalen Fortsatz des Urohyals.[1]
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↑Berbel-Filho, W. M.: Phylogenomics reveals extensive introgression and a case of mito-nuclear discordance in the killifish genus Kryptolebias Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177 (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107617
↑Lira, M. G. S. et al. (2021): Filling the gaps: phylogeography of the self-fertilizing Kryptolebias species (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) along South American mangroves. J Fish Biol. 2021 Aug; 99(2): 644-655. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14753
↑Costa, W. J. E. M. (2011): Identity of Rivulus ocellatus and a new name for a hermaphroditic species of Kryptolebias from south-eastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 22 (no. 2): 185-192.
↑Huber, J. H. (2017): Reanalysis of single type of Rivulus ocellatus Hensel, 1880 in Berlin Museum pending its putative molecular analysis, with the proposal of revalidation of Rivulus caudomarginatus. Killi-Data Series 2016–2017: 4-12.