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Rivulinae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 646787

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Rivulidae Myers, 1925
  
  Common Name(s): New World rivulines [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderCyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes  
                               SuborderAplocheiloidei  – aplocheiloids  
                                  FamilyAplocheilidae Bleeker, 1860 – rivulines, egg-laying toothcarps, almirantes, aplochéilidés  
                                     SubfamilyRivulinae  – New World rivulines  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Genus Aphyolebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Austrofundulus Myers, 1932  
                                        Genus Austrolebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Campellolebias Vaz-Ferreira and Sierra de Soriano, 1974  
                                        Genus Cynolebias Steindachner, 1876 – pearlfishes 
                                        Genus Cynopoecilus Regan, 1912  
                                        Genus Gnatholebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Leptolebias Myers, 1952  
                                        Genus Maratecoara Costa, 1995  
                                        Genus Megalebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Micromoema Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Millerichthys Costa, 1995  
                                        Genus Moema Costa, 1989  
                                        Genus Nematolebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Neofundulus Myers, 1924  
                                        Genus Papiliolebias Costa, 1998  
                                        Genus Pituna Costa, 1989  
                                        Genus Plesiolebias Costa, 1989  
                                        Genus Pterolebias Garman, 1895  
                                        Genus Rachovia Myers, 1927  
                                        Genus Renova Thomerson and Taphorn, 1995  
                                        Genus Rivulus Poey, 1860 – rivulines 
                                        Genus Simpsonichthys Carvalho, 1959  
                                        Genus Spectrolebias Costa and Nielsen, 1997  
                                        Genus Stenolebias Costa, 1995  
                                        Genus Terranatos Taphorn and Thomerson, 1978  
                                        Genus Trigonectes Myers, 1925  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  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   
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  Reference for: Rivulinae   
       

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