WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Rivulidae Myers, 1925

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cyprinodontiformes

Synonymised names

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

downlifted to subfamily rank in Rivulidae.

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Genus Anablepsoides Huber, 1992
Genus Aphyolebias Costa, 1998
Genus Cynodonichthys Meek, 1904
Genus Gnatholebias Costa, 1998
Genus Kryptolebias Costa, 2004
Genus Leptopanchax Costa, 2016
Genus Megalebias Costa, 1998
Genus Cryptolebias Costa, 2004 accepted as Kryptolebias Costa, 2004

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

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 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-10 07:31:11Z

created

Decock, Wim

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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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