Overview
Rivulidae are a of killifishes in the order Cyprinodontiformes. They are commonly known as rivulids, South American killifish or New World killifish. The latter names are slightly misleading however, as they are neither restricted to South America – though most are in fact found there –, nor are they the only killifishes from the Americas. Occasionally they are still referred to as rivulines, a term dating back to when they were considered a subfamily of the Aplocheilidae.
Note that the subfamilial name "Rivulinae" was already established for noctuid moths by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1895. That name, though it is the senior homonym, may be suppressed because the name Rivulinae for the fish subfamily is widespread, whereas the moth taxon is little used.
Genera
- Aphyolebias Costa, 1 998
- Austrofundulus Myers, 1932
- Austrolebias Costa, 1998
- Campellolebias
- Cynolebias
- Cynopoecilus Regan, 1912
- Gnatholebias Costa, 1998
- Kryptolebias Costa, 2004
- Leptolebias
- Llanolebias Hrbek & Taphorn, 2008 (formerly in Rachovia)
- Maratecoara Costa, 1995
- Megalebias Costa, 1998
- Micromoema Costa, 1998
- Millerichthys Costa, 1995
- Moema Costa, 1989
- Nematolebias Costa, 1998
- Neofundulus Myers, 1924
- Notholebias Costa, 2008 (formerly in Leptolebias)
- Papiliolebias Costa, 1998
- Pituna Costa, 1989
- Plesiolebias Costa, 1989
- Prorivulus Costa, Lima & Suzart in Costa, 2004
- Pterolebias Garman, 1895
- Rachovia Myers, 1927
- Renova Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995
- Rivulus
- Simpsonichthys Carvalho, 1959
- Spectrolebias Costa & Nielsen, 1997
- Stenolebias Costa, 1995
- Terranatos Taphorn & Thomerson, 1978
- Trigonectes Myers, 1925
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Taxonomy
The Family Rivulidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (28): Aphyolebias · Austrofundulus · Austrolebias · Campellolebias · Cynolebias · Cynopoecilus · Gnatholebias · Kryptolebias · Leptolebias · Maratecoara · Megalebias · Micromoema · Moema · Nematolebias · Neofundulus · Papiliolebias · Pituna · Plesiolebias · Prorivulus · Pterolebias · Rachovia · Renova · Rivulus · Simpsonichthys · Spectrolebias · Stenolebias · Terranatos · Trigonectes
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 376 species and subspecies in the Family Rivulidae.
Genera
Aphyolebias
Austrofundulus
Austrolebias
Campellolebias
Campellolebias is a genus of in the Aplocheilidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Cynolebias
Cynolebias is a genus of in the Rivulidae family. [more]
Cynopoecilus
Gnatholebias
Kryptolebias
Leptolebias
Leptolebias is a genus of the killifish family Rivulidae. Like many of their relatives, they are rather ambiguously known as "pearlfish". [more]
Maratecoara
Megalebias
Micromoema
Moema
Nematolebias
Neofundulus
Papiliolebias
Pituna
Plesiolebias
Prorivulus
Pterolebias
Rachovia
Renova
Rivulus
Rivulus is a genus of freshwater in the Rivulidae family of Cyprinodontiformes. Over one hundred species of Rivulus have been described to date, some of them finding a degree of popularity among aquarists, especially killifish fanciers. The genus was erected by Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey in 1860 with the type species, Rivulus cylindraceus. [more]
Simpsonichthys
Spectrolebias
Stenolebias
Terranatos
Trigonectes
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Trigonectes.
More info about the Genus Trigonectes may be found here.
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