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Rivulus Poey, 1860
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165697

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	rivulines [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Cyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes
	Suborder	Aplocheiloidei – aplocheiloids
	Family	Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1860 – rivulines, egg-laying toothcarps, almirantes, aplochéilidés
	Subfamily	Rivulinae – New World rivulines
	Genus	Rivulus Poey, 1860 – rivulines
		Direct Children:
	Species	Rivulus agilae Hoedeman, 1954
	Species	Rivulus altivelis Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus amanapira Costa, 2004
	Species	Rivulus amphoreus Huber, 1979
	Species	Rivulus apiamici Costa, 1989
	Species	Rivulus atratus Garman, 1895
	Species	Rivulus auratus Schreitmüller, 1928
	Species	Rivulus bahianus Huber, 1990
	Species	Rivulus beniensis Myers, 1927
	Species	Rivulus birkhahni Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1992
	Species	Rivulus boehlkei Huber and Fels, 1985
	Species	Rivulus brasiliensis (Valenciennes in Humboldt and Valenciennes, 1821)
	Species	Rivulus breviceps Eigenmann, 1909
	Species	Rivulus brunneus Meek and Hildebrand, 1913
	Species	Rivulus campelloi Costa, 1990
	Species	Rivulus caudomarginatus Seegers, 1984
	Species	Rivulus caurae Radda, 2004
	Species	Rivulus christinae Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus chucunaque Breder, 1925
	Species	Rivulus cladophorus Huber, 1991
	Species	Rivulus compressus Henn, 1916
	Species	Rivulus corpulentus Thomerson and Taphorn, 1993
	Species	Rivulus cryptocallus Seegers, 1980
	Species	Rivulus cylindraceus Poey, 1860 – green rivulus, Cuban rivulus, green rivulus, rivulo cubano
	Species	Rivulus decoratus Costa, 1989
	Species	Rivulus deltaphilus Seegers, 1983
	Species	Rivulus depressus Costa, 1991
	Species	Rivulus derhami Fels and Huber, 1985
	Species	Rivulus dibaphus Myers, 1927
	Species	Rivulus elegans Steindachner, 1880
	Species	Rivulus elongatus Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus erberi Berkenkamp, 1989
	Species	Rivulus frenatus Eigenmann, 1912
	Species	Rivulus frommi Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1993
	Species	Rivulus fuscolineatus Bussing, 1980
	Species	Rivulus garciai de la Cruz and Dubitsky, 1976 – Matanzas rivulus, rivulo matancero
	Species	Rivulus geayi Vaillant, 1899
	Species	Rivulus glaucus Bussing, 1980
	Species	Rivulus gransabanae Lasso, Taphorn and Thomerson, 1992
	Species	Rivulus haraldsiolii Berkenkamp, 1984
	Species	Rivulus hartii (Boulenger, 1890) – Hart's rivulus, rainfish, Trinidad rivulus, giant rivulus
	Species	Rivulus hildebrandi Myers, 1927
	Species	Rivulus holmiae Eigenmann, 1909
	Species	Rivulus igneus Huber, 1991
	Species	Rivulus immaculatus Thomerson, Nico and Taphorn, 1991
	Species	Rivulus insulaepinorum de la Cruz and Dubitsky, 1976 – Isle of Pines rivulus, rivulo pinero
	Species	Rivulus intermittens Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus iridescens Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus isthmensis Garman, 1895
	Species	Rivulus janeiroensis Costa, 1991
	Species	Rivulus jucundus Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus kuelpmanni Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1993
	Species	Rivulus lanceolatus Eigenmann, 1909
	Species	Rivulus leucurus Fowler, 1944
	Species	Rivulus limoncochae Hoedeman, 1962
	Species	Rivulus luelingi Seegers, 1984
	Species	Rivulus lungi Berkenkamp, 1984
	Species	Rivulus lyricauda Thomerson, Berkenkamp and Taphorn, 1991
	Species	Rivulus magdalenae Eigenmann and Henn in Henn, 1916
	Species	Rivulus marmoratus Poey, 1880 – mangrove rivulus, rivulus, almirante de manglar, Matanzas rivulus, rivulo de mangle, rivulo matancero
	Species	Rivulus mazaruni Myers, 1924
	Species	Rivulus micropus (Steindachner, 1863)
	Species	Rivulus modestus Costa, 1991
	Species	Rivulus monikae Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1995
	Species	Rivulus monticola Staeck and Schindler, 1997
	Species	Rivulus montium Hildebrand, 1938
	Species	Rivulus nicoi Thomerson and Taphorn, 1992
	Species	Rivulus nudiventris Costa and Brasil, 1991
	Species	Rivulus ophiomimus Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus ornatus Garman, 1895
	Species	Rivulus pacificus Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus paracatuensis Costa, 2003
	Species	Rivulus parnaibensis Costa, 2003
	Species	Rivulus peruanus (Regan, 1903)
	Species	Rivulus pictus Costa, 1989
	Species	Rivulus punctatus Boulenger, 1895
	Species	Rivulus rectocaudatus Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus roloffi Roloff, 1938 – roloff's rivulus, Roloff's rivulus
	Species	Rivulus romeri Costa, 2003
	Species	Rivulus rubrolineatus Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus santensis Köhler, 1906 – santos rivulus, santos rivulus
	Species	Rivulus siegfriedi Bussing, 1980
	Species	Rivulus speciosus Fels and de Rham, 1981
	Species	Rivulus stagnatus Eigenmann, 1909
	Species	Rivulus strigatus Regan, 1912 – herringbone rivulus, herringbone rivulus
	Species	Rivulus taeniatus Fowler, 1945
	Species	Rivulus tecminae Thomerson, Nico and Taphorn, 1992
	Species	Rivulus tenuis (Meek, 1904) – almirante del Hule, Maya rivulus
	Species	Rivulus tessellatus Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus torrenticola Vermeulen and Isbrücker, 2000
	Species	Rivulus uakti Costa, 2004
	Species	Rivulus uroflammeus Bussing, 1980
	Species	Rivulus urophthalmus Günther, 1866 – golden rivulus, green rivulus, golden rivulus, green rivulus
	Species	Rivulus villwocki Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1997
	Species	Rivulus waimacui Eigenmann, 1909
	Species	Rivulus wassmanni Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1999
	Species	Rivulus weberi Huber, 1992
	Species	Rivulus xanthonotus Ahl, 1926 – yellowback rivulus, yellowback rivulus
	Species	Rivulus xiphidius Huber, 1979
	Species	Rivulus zygonectes Myers, 1927

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Rivulus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Rivulus

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