TheRivulidaeare afamilyofkillifishesin theorderCyprinodontiformes.They are commonly known asrivulids,South American killifishorNew World killifish.The latter names are slightly misleading, however, as they are neither restricted toSouth America,though most are in fact found there, nor are they the only killifishes from theAmericas.Occasionally, they are still referred to asrivulines,a term dating back to when they were considered asubfamilyof theAplocheilidae.
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| HermaphroditeKryptolebias marmoratus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Aplocheiloidei |
| Family: | Rivulidae Myers,1925[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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CynolebiidaeHoedeman 1961 | |
The subfamilial name "Rivulinae" was already established fornoctuid mothsbyAugustus Radcliffe Grotein 1895. That name, though it is thesenior homonym,may be suppressed because the name Rivulinae for the fish subfamily is widespread, whereas the moth taxon is little used. The use of Rivulidae as the name for this family may need to be ruled in by theInternational Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.The alternative family-group name Cynolebiidae Hoedeman 1961 has been proposed as an alternative to Rivulidae.[2]
Costa unified the three families within the suborderAplocheiloideiinto a single family Aplocheilidae, with the subfamilies Aplocheilinae, Nothobranchiinae and the Cynolebiinae.[2]However, the 5th edition ofFishes of the Worldretains the three families Aplocheilidae,Nothobranchiidaeand Rivulidae.[3]
Genera
editThe following genera are classified in the family Rivulidae:[4]The taxonomy of this family is subject to some discussion among workers and some of the listed genera are considered to beparaphyletic,for example it has been posited thatLeptolebiasis paraphyletic if the species placed inLeptopanchaxare retained within it, as perFishbase.[2]
- AnablepsoidesHuber,1992
- AphyolebiasCosta,1998
- AtlantirivulusCosta, 2008
- AustrofundulusMyers,1932
- AustrolebiasCosta, 1998
- CampellolebiasVaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1974
- CynodonichthysMeek,1904
- CynolebiasSteindachner,1876
- CynopoecilusRegan,1912
- GnatholebiasCosta, 1998
- HypsolebiasCosta, 2006
- KryptolebiasCosta, 2004
- LaimosemionHuber, 1999
- LeptolebiasMyers, 1952
- LlanolebiasHrbek & Taphorn, 2008
- MaratecoaraCosta, 1995
- MelanorivulusCosta, 2006
- MicromoemaCosta, 1998
- MillerichthysCosta, 1995
- MoemaCosta, 1989
- MucurilebiasCosta, 2014
- NematolebiasCosta, 1998
- NeofundulusMyers, 1924
- NotholebiasCosta, 2008
- OphthalmolebiasCosta, 2006
- PapiliolebiasCosta, 1998
- PitunaCosta, 1989
- PlesiolebiasCosta, 1989
- ProrivulusCosta, Lima & Suzart, 2004
- PterolebiasGarman,1895
- RachoviaMyers, 1927
- RenovaThomerson & Taphorn, 1995
- RivulusPoey,1860
- SimpsonichthysCarvalho, 1959
- SpectrolebiasCosta & Nielsen, 1997
- StenolebiasCosta, 1995
- TerranatosTaphorn & Thomerson, 1978
- TrigonectesMyers, 1925
- XenurolebiasCosta, 2006
References
edit- ^Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014)."Family-group names of Recent fishes".Zootaxa.3882(2): 001–230.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1.PMID25543675.
- ^abcCosta, W.J.E.M. (2016)."Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids"(PDF).Vertebrate Zoology.66(2): 125–140.doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31538.
- ^J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).Fishes of the World(5th ed.). Wiley. p. 371.ISBN978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Family Rivulidae".FishBase.April 2019 version.
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