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Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Cynolebiinae
Etymology: Austrolebias: Composed from Austro = the south + see under Lebias; pelotapes: The name pelotapes is the old usage for the town of Pelotas, from the Spanish pelota, meaning ball, in referring to a little boat made in cow hide, and tapes, referring to the indigenous tribe inhabiting the area occupied in the past by the new species..