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Rivulus scalaris
Synonym for Melanorivulus scalaris (Costa, 2005)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
Latin, rivus = stream (Ref. 45335).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
From the latin scalaris (with a stair), referring to the color pattern of males consisting of red oblique bars with indented posterior borders, resembling small squares aligned to form stairs.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS