WoRMS taxon details

Rivulidae Myers, 1925

267011  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267011)

accepted
Family
Cynolebiidae Hoedeman, 1961 · unaccepted (downlifted to subfamily rank in...)  
downlifted to subfamily rank in Rivulidae.

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  1. Genus Anablepsoides Huber, 1992
  2. Genus Aphyolebias Costa, 1998
  3. Genus Atlantirivulus Costa, 2008
  4. Genus Austrofundulus Myers, 1932
  5. Genus Austrolebias Costa, 1998
  6. Genus Campellolebias Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1974
  7. Genus Cynodonichthys Meek, 1904
  8. Genus Cynolebias Steindachner, 1876
  9. Genus Cynopoecilus Regan, 1912
  10. Genus Gnatholebias Costa, 1998
  11. Genus Hypsolebias Costa, 2006
  12. Genus Kryptolebias Costa, 2004
  13. Genus Laimosemion Huber, 1999
  14. Genus Leptolebias Myers, 1952
  15. Genus Leptopanchax Costa, 2016
  16. Genus Llanolebias Hrbek & Taphorn, 2008
  17. Genus Maratecoara Costa, 1995
  18. Genus Megalebias Costa, 1998
  19. Genus Melanorivulus Costa, 2006
  20. Genus Micromoema Costa, 1998
  21. Genus Millerichthys Costa, 1995
  22. Genus Moema Costa, 1989
  23. Genus Nematolebias Costa, 1998
  24. Genus Neofundulus Myers, 1924
  25. Genus Notholebias Costa, 2008
  26. Genus Ophthalmolebias Costa, 2006
  27. Genus Papiliolebias Costa, 1998
  28. Genus Pituna Costa, 1989
  29. Genus Plesiolebias Costa, 1989
  30. Genus Prorivulus Costa, Lima & Suzart, 2004
  31. Genus Pterolebias Garman, 1895
  32. Genus Rachovia Myers, 1927
  33. Genus Renova Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995
  34. Genus Rivulus Poey, 1860
  35. Genus Simpsonichthys Carvalho, 1959
  36. Genus Spectrolebias Costa & Nielsen, 1997
  37. Genus Stenolebias Costa, 1995
  38. Genus Terranatos Taphorn & Thomerson, 1978
  39. Genus Trigonectes Myers, 1925
  40. Genus Xenurolebias Costa, 2006
  41. Genus Yssolebias Huber, 2012
  42. Genus Cryptolebias Costa, 2004 accepted as Kryptolebias Costa, 2004
  43. Genus Gynopoecilus accepted as Cynopoecilus Regan, 1912 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rivulidae Myers, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267011 on 2025-06-23
Date
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2008-01-10 07:31:11Z
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2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Cynolebiidae Hoedeman, 1961) Hoedeman, J. J. (1961). Studies on Cyprinodontiform fishes 10. On the probable evolution of the frontal scalation patterns. <em>Bulletin of Aquatic Biology.</em> 2(18): 82–92. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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English rivulines  [details]