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Family: Rivulidae Rivulines



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anablepsoides amanan South America 2.8 SL 2008
Anablepsoides amphoreus South America 6 TL 1979
Anablepsoides atratus South America 4 TL 1895
Anablepsoides bahianus South America 5.5 TL 1990
Anablepsoides beniensis South America 4 TL 1927
Anablepsoides bibosi South America 3.7 SL 2019
Anablepsoides bondi South America 1949
Anablepsoides cajariensis South America 5.6 SL 2011
Anablepsoides caurae South America 3.9 SL 2004
Anablepsoides cearensis South America 2009
Anablepsoides chapare South America 3.7 SL 2017
Anablepsoides christinae South America 6.5 TL 1992
Anablepsoides cryptocallus Central America 8.5 TL 1980
Anablepsoides deltaphilus South America 6 TL 1983
Anablepsoides derhami South America 5 TL 1985
Anablepsoides elongatus South America 5 TL 1981
Anablepsoides erberi South America 6 TL 1989
Anablepsoides fransvermeuleni South America 6.6 SL 2015
Anablepsoides gamae South America 2.2 SL 2013
Anablepsoides gaucheri South America 5.7 SL 2006
Anablepsoides hartii Hart's rivulus South America 10 TL 1890
Anablepsoides henschelae South America 2.3 SL 2013
Anablepsoides holmiae South America 8 TL 1909
Anablepsoides igneus South America 15 TL 1991
Anablepsoides immaculatus South America 9.5 TL 1991
Anablepsoides intermittens South America 7.5 TL 1981
Anablepsoides iridescens South America 7.5 TL 1981
Anablepsoides jari South America 3.1 SL 2013
Anablepsoides jucundus South America 5 TL 1992
Anablepsoides lanceolatus South America 5.5 TL 1909
Anablepsoides limoncochae South America 7.5 TL 1962
Anablepsoides lineasoppilatae South America 4.1 SL 2013
Anablepsoides luitalimae South America 3.9 SL 2016
Anablepsoides lungi South America 7.1 SL 1984
Anablepsoides mazaruni South America 6 TL 1924
Anablepsoides micropus South America 7 TL 1863
Anablepsoides monticola South America 3.3 SL 1997
Anablepsoides ophiomimus South America 8.5 TL 1992
Anablepsoides ornatus South America 4 TL 1895
Anablepsoides ottonii South America 2.3 SL 2013
Anablepsoides parlettei South America 3.8 SL 2011
Anablepsoides peruanus South America 5.5 TL 1903
Anablepsoides roraima South America 3.2 SL 2013
Anablepsoides rubrolineatus South America 6.5 TL 1981
Anablepsoides speciosus South America 3.5 TL 1981
Anablepsoides stagnatus South America 6 TL 1909
Anablepsoides taeniatus South America 6 TL 1945
Anablepsoides tessellatus South America 4.5 TL 1992
Anablepsoides tocantinensis South America 2010
Anablepsoides urophthalmus South America 7 TL 1866
Anablepsoides urubuiensis South America 2013
Anablepsoides vieirai South America 3.7 SL 2016
Anablepsoides waimacui South America 8.5 TL 1909
Anablepsoides xanthonotus South America 7.5 TL 1926
Anablepsoides xinguensis South America 2010
Aphyolebias boticarioi South America 2004
Aphyolebias claudiae South America 2003
Aphyolebias manuensis South America 2003
Aphyolebias obliquus South America 4.8 SL 1996
Aphyolebias peruensis Peruvian longfin South America 10 TL 1954
Aphyolebias rubrocaudatus South America 6 TL 1984
Aphyolebias schleseri South America 2003
Aphyolebias wischmanni South America 13 TL 1983
Atlantirivulus depressus South America 6.5 TL 1991
Atlantirivulus guanabarensis South America 3.5 SL 2014
Atlantirivulus haraldsiolii South America 5 TL 1984
Atlantirivulus janeiroensis South America 6.5 TL 1991
Atlantirivulus jurubatibensis South America 2.6 SL 2008
Atlantirivulus lazzarotoi South America 2007
Atlantirivulus luelingi South America 5 TL 1984
Atlantirivulus maricensis South America 3.8 SL 2014
Atlantirivulus nudiventris South America 4.5 TL 1991
Atlantirivulus paranaguensis South America 4.4 SL 2014
Atlantirivulus ribeirensis South America 3.4 SL 2014
Atlantirivulus riograndensis South America 3.4 SL 2009
Atlantirivulus santensis South America 6.5 TL 1906
Atlantirivulus simplicis South America 3.5 SL 2004
Atlantirivulus unaensis South America 2009
Austrofundulus guajira South America 2005
Austrofundulus leohoignei South America 2005
Austrofundulus leoni South America 2005
Austrofundulus limnaeus South America 8 TL 1949
Austrofundulus myersi South America 1958
Austrofundulus rupununi South America 2005
Austrofundulus transilis South America 10 TL 1932
Austrolebias accorsii South America 2015
Austrolebias adloffi South America 4.6 SL 1922
Austrolebias affinis South America 5 TL 1986
Austrolebias alexandri South America 9 TL 1974
Austrolebias arachan South America 4.4 SL 2004
Austrolebias araucarianus South America 3.5 SL 2014
Austrolebias bagual South America 3.9 SL 2014
Austrolebias bellottii Argentine pearlfish South America 7 TL 1881
Austrolebias botocudo South America 2021
Austrolebias camaquensis South America 2017
Austrolebias carvalhoi South America 3.8 SL 1947
Austrolebias charrua South America 4.7 SL 2001
Austrolebias cheffei South America 2021
Austrolebias cheradophilus South America 6.5 TL 1965
Austrolebias cinereus South America 6 TL 1986
Austrolebias cyaneus South America 5 TL 1987
Austrolebias duraznensis South America 2.8 SL 1995
Austrolebias elongatus South America 22 TL 1881
Austrolebias ephemerus South America 3.2 SL 2019
Austrolebias guarani South America 5.5 SL 2023
Austrolebias gymnoventris South America 5 TL 1986
Austrolebias ibicuiensis South America 5 TL 1999
Austrolebias jaegari South America 3.0 SL 2002
Austrolebias juanlangi South America 3.4 SL 2006
Austrolebias litzi South America 2006
Austrolebias lourenciano South America 2021
Austrolebias luteoflammulatus South America 4.5 TL 1965
Austrolebias melanoorus South America 6 TL 1986
Austrolebias minuano South America 4.7 SL 2001
Austrolebias monstrosus South America 15 TL 1995
Austrolebias nachtigalli South America 4.4 SL 2006
Austrolebias nigripinnis Blackfin pearlfish South America 7 TL 1912
Austrolebias nigrofasciatus South America 5.8 TL 2001
Austrolebias nioni South America 1997
Austrolebias nonoiuliensis South America 8 TL 1974
Austrolebias nubium South America 2021
Austrolebias paranaensis South America 2.5 SL 2006
Austrolebias patriciae South America 4 TL 1995
Austrolebias paucisquama South America 3.5 SL 2008
Austrolebias pelotapes South America 3.1 SL 2017
Austrolebias periodicus South America 5 TL 1999
Austrolebias pongondo South America 4.1 SL 2017
Austrolebias prognathus South America 12 TL 1986
Austrolebias queguay South America 4.0 SL 2018
Austrolebias quirogai South America 4.8 SL 2011
Austrolebias reicherti South America 4.2 SL 2004
Austrolebias robustus South America 7.2 SL 1883
Austrolebias toba South America 2006
Austrolebias univentripinnis South America 3.6 SL 2005
Austrolebias vandenbergorum South America 9 TL 1995
Austrolebias varzeae South America 3.4 SL 2004
Austrolebias vazferreirai South America 10 TL 1994
Austrolebias viarius South America 8 TL 1965
Austrolebias wichi South America 5.2 SL 2018
Austrolebias wolterstorffi South America 10 TL 1924
Campellolebias brucei Swordfin killifish South America 4.5 TL 1974
Campellolebias chrysolineatus South America 5 TL 1989
Campellolebias dorsimaculatus South America 4 TL 1989
Campellolebias intermedius South America 2006
Cynodonichthys birkhahni Central America 6 TL 1992
Cynodonichthys boehlkei South America 4.5 TL 1985
Cynodonichthys brunneus Central America 6 TL 1913
Cynodonichthys chucunaque Central America 6 TL 1925
Cynodonichthys elegans South America 6.5 TL 1880
Cynodonichthys frommi Central America 6 TL 1993
Cynodonichthys fuscolineatus Central America 7.5 TL 1980
Cynodonichthys glaucus Central America 5.5 TL 1980
Cynodonichthys godmani Central America 1907
Cynodonichthys hendrichsi Central America 1952
Cynodonichthys hildebrandi Central America 9 TL 1927
Cynodonichthys isthmensis Central America 7 TL 1895
Cynodonichthys kuelpmanni Central America 6 TL 1993
Cynodonichthys leucurus South America 7 TL 1944
Cynodonichthys magdalenae Magdalena rivulus South America 7 TL 1916
Cynodonichthys monikae Central America 8 TL 1995
Cynodonichthys montium Central America 8 TL 1938
Cynodonichthys myersi Central America 1936
Cynodonichthys pacificus South America 7.5 TL 1992
Cynodonichthys rubripunctatus Central America 7 TL 1980
Cynodonichthys siegfriedi Central America 4.5 TL 1980
Cynodonichthys sucubti Central America 1925
Cynodonichthys tenuis Dogtooth rivulus Central America 6.5 TL 1904
Cynodonichthys uroflammeus Central America 4.5 TL 1980
Cynodonichthys villwocki South America 1997
Cynodonichthys wassmanni Central America 5.8 TL 1999
Cynodonichthys weberi Central America 9 TL 1992
Cynolebias akroa South America 7.5 SL 2018
Cynolebias altus South America 13.3 SL 2001
Cynolebias attenuatus South America 10.5 SL 2001
Cynolebias elegans South America 3.8 SL 2017
Cynolebias gibbus South America 9.8 SL 2001
Cynolebias gilbertoi South America 5 SL 1998
Cynolebias gorutuba South America 8.9 SL 2017
Cynolebias griseus South America 8.3 SL 1990
Cynolebias itapicuruensis South America 8.7 SL 2001
Cynolebias leptocephalus South America 12.5 SL 1993
Cynolebias microphthalmus South America 12 TL 1995
Cynolebias obscurus South America 4.9 SL 2014
Cynolebias ochraceus South America 5.7 SL 2014
Cynolebias oticus South America 8.2 SL 2014
Cynolebias paraguassuensis South America 2007
Cynolebias parietalis South America 7.7 SL 2014
Cynolebias parnaibensis South America 5.5 SL 2010
Cynolebias perforatus South America 12 TL 1991
Cynolebias porosus South America 15 TL 1876
Cynolebias rectiventer South America 10.2 SL 2014
Cynolebias roseus South America 5.2 SL 2014
Cynolebias vazabarrisensis South America 7.6 SL 2001
Cynopoecilus fulgens South America 3.9 SL 2002
Cynopoecilus intimus South America 2.7 SL 2002
Cynopoecilus melanotaenia South America 4.3 SL 1912
Cynopoecilus multipapillatus South America 3.8 SL 2002
Cynopoecilus nigrovittatus South America 4.4 SL 2002
Cynopoecilus notabilis South America 4.1 SL 2014
Hypsolebias adornatus South America 4.5 SL 2000
Hypsolebias antenori South America 7 TL 1973
Hypsolebias auratus South America 5 TL 2000
Hypsolebias brunoi South America 3.0 SL 2003
Hypsolebias caeruleus South America 2013
Hypsolebias carlettoi South America 2004
Hypsolebias coamazonicus South America 3.6 SL 2014
Hypsolebias faouri South America 4.5 SL 2016
Hypsolebias flagellatus South America 5.1 SL 2003
Hypsolebias flammeus South America 6 TL 1989
Hypsolebias flavicaudatus South America 8 TL 1990
Hypsolebias fulminantis South America 6 TL 1993
Hypsolebias gardneri South America 3.7 SL 2018
Hypsolebias ghisolfii South America 7.3 SL 1996
Hypsolebias gilbertobrasili South America 3.7 SL 2012
Hypsolebias guanambi South America 3.9 SL 2011
Hypsolebias hamadryades South America 2.7 SL 2018
Hypsolebias harmonicus South America 2010
Hypsolebias hellneri South America 6 TL 1993
Hypsolebias igneus South America 5.6 SL 2000
Hypsolebias janaubensis South America 3.9 SL 2006
Hypsolebias longignatus South America 3.0 SL 2008
Hypsolebias lopesi South America 4.6 SL 2010
Hypsolebias lulai South America 4.8 SL 2023
Hypsolebias macaubensis South America 3.9 SL 2006
Hypsolebias magnificus South America 5 TL 1991
Hypsolebias marginatus South America 6 TL 1996
Hypsolebias martinsi South America 3.4 SL 2016
Hypsolebias mediopapillatus South America 2006
Hypsolebias nitens South America 4.1 SL 2012
Hypsolebias notatus South America 5 TL 1990
Hypsolebias nudiorbitatus South America 2011
Hypsolebias picturatus South America 4.3 SL 2000
Hypsolebias pterophyllus South America 6.5 SL 2012
Hypsolebias radiosus South America 2004
Hypsolebias radiseriatus South America 4.7 SL 2012
Hypsolebias sertanejo South America 4.8 SL 2012
Hypsolebias shibattai South America 3.4 SL 2014
Hypsolebias splendissimus South America 4.3 SL 2018
Hypsolebias tocantinensis South America 2012
Hypsolebias trifasciatus South America 3.3 SL 2014
Kryptolebias brasiliensis South America 6 TL 1821
Kryptolebias campelloi South America 6 TL 1990
Kryptolebias caudomarginatus South America 6 TL 1984
Kryptolebias gracilis South America 2.8 SL 2007
Kryptolebias hermaphroditus South America 2011
Kryptolebias marmoratus Mangrove rivulus North, Central and South 7.5 TL 1880
Kryptolebias ocellatus South America 6 TL 1868
Kryptolebias sepia South America 6.5 TL 2005
Laimosemion agilae South America 5 TL 1954
Laimosemion altivelis South America 8.5 TL 1992



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