KMI 4 Ready Reference Guide to Names

© 2000 Kenneth J. Lazara All Rights Reserved

[The spellings are correct -- the pronunciations are your own]


arranged by Genus -- species -- First Describer -- Date (with counts of Genus, Subgenus, their Synonyms, and species)
(Ad - Aus)(C - H) (J - N) (O - R) (S - V)

Genus count #

species count ##

Synonym of a Genus S

Subgenus sg

Synonym of a Subgenus s

#

##

S

sg

s

Genus -- species

First Describer

Date

30

Jordanella

G.B. Goode & T.H. Bean

1879

1

Jordanella floridae

Goode & Bean

1879

31

Laciris

J.H. Huber

1982

1

Laciris pelagicus

(Worthington)

1932

32

Lamprichthys

C.T. Regan

1911

S

Mohanga

G.A. Boulenger

1911

1

Lamprichthys tanganicanus

(Boulenger)

1898

33

Lebias

G.A. Goldfuss

1820

S

Aphanius

J.D. Nardo

1827

S

Micromugil

G. Gulia

1861

sg

Anatolichthys

C. Kosswig & F. Sözer

1945

sg

Aphaniops

J.J. Hoedeman

1951

sg

Kosswigichthys

F. Sözer

1942

sg

Tellia

P. Gervais

1853

sg

Turkichthys

H. Ermin

1946

1

Leb. anatoliae

(Leidenfrost)

1912

2

Leb. apodus

(Gervais)

1853

3

Leb. asquamatus

(Sözer)

1942

4

Leb. danfordii

(Boulenger)

1890

5

Leb. dispar dispar

Rüppell

1829

6

Leb. dispar richardsoni

(Boulenger)

1907

7

Leb. fasciatus

Valenciennes

1821

8

Leb. ginaonis

(Holly)

1929

9

Leb. iberus

(Valenciennes)

1846

10

Leb. mento

Heckel

1843

11

Leb. persicus

(Jenkins)

1910

12

Leb. sirhani

(Villwock, Scholl, & Krupp)

1983

13

Leb. sophiae

Heckel

1849

14

Leb. splendens

(Kosswig & Sözer)

1945

15

Leb. sureyanus

(Neu)

1937

16

"Lebias'' thermarum

(Eichwald)

1851

17

Leb. transgrediens

(Ermin)

1946

18

Leb. vladykovi

(Coad)

1988

34

Leptolebias

G.S. Myers

1952

1

Lepto. aureoguttatus

(Cruz)

1974

2

Lepto. cruzi

(Costa)

1988

3

Lepto. leitaoi

(Cruz & Peixoto)

1991

4

Lepto. marmoratus EXTINCT

(Ladiges)

1934

5

Lepto. minimus

(Myers)

1942

6

Lepto. opalescens

(Myers)

1942

7

Lepto. splendens

(Myers)

1942

35

Leptolucania

G.S. Myers

1924

1

Leptolucania ommata

(Jordan)

1884

36

Lucania

C. Girard

1859

sg

Chriopeops

H.W. Fowler

1916

1

Lucania goodei

Jordan

1880

2

Lucania interioris

Hubbs & Miller

1965

3

Lucania parva

(Baird & Girard)

1855

37

Maratecoara

W.J.E.M. Costa

1995

1

Mara. formosa

Costa & Brasil

1995

2

Mara. lacortei

(Lazara)

1991

38

Megalebias

W.J.E.M. Costa

1998

1

Mega. cheradophilus

(Vaz-Ferreira, Sierra, & Scaglia)

1964

2

Mega. elongatus

(Steindachner)

1881

3

Mega. monstrosus

(Huber)

1995

4

Mega. prognathus

(Amato)

1986

5

Mega. wolterstorffi

(Ahl)

1924

39

Megupsilon

R.R. Miller & V. Walters

1972

1

Megupsilon aporus EXTINCT in the wild

MIller & Walters

1972

40

Micromoema

W.J.E.M. Costa

1998

1

Micro. xiphophorus

(Thomerson & Taphorn)

1992

41

Millerichthys

W.J.E.M. Costa

1995

1

Mill. robustus

(Miller & Hubbs)

1974

42

Moema

W.J.E.M. Costa

1989

1

Moema pepotei

Costa

1992

2

Moema piriana

Costa

1989

3

Moema portugali

Costa

1989

4

Moema staecki

(Seegers)

1987

43

Nematolebias

W.J.E.M. Costa

1998

1

Nema. myersi

(de Carvalho)

1971

2

Nema. whitei

(Myers)

1942

44

Neofundulus

G.S. Myers

1924

1

Neof. acutirostratus

Costa

1992

2

Neof. guaporensis

Costa

1988

3

Neof. ornatipinnis

Myers

1935

4

Neof. paraguayensis

(Eigenmann & Kennedy)

1903

5

Neof. parvipinnis

Costa

1988

45

Nothobranchius

W.C.H. Peters

1868

sg

Adiniops

G.S. Myers

1924

sg

Aphyobranchius

R.H. Wildekamp

1977

sg

Fundulosoma

E. Ahl

1924

sg

Paranothobranchius

L. Seegers

1985

sg

Pronothobranchius

A.C. Radda

1969

sg

Zonothobranchius

A.C. Radda

1969

1

Notho. albimarginatus

Watters, Wildekamp, & Cooper

1998

2

Notho. annectens

Watters, Wildekamp, & Cooper

1998

3

Notho. bojiensis

Wildekamp & Haas

1992

4

Notho. brieni

Poll

1938

5

Notho. eggersi

Seegers

1982

6

Notho. elongatus

Wildekamp

1982

7

Notho. fasciatus

Wildekamp & Haas

1992

8

Notho. flammicomantis

Wildekamp, Watters, & Sainthouse

1998

9

Notho. foerschi

Wildekamp & Berkenkamp

1979

10

Notho. furzeri

Jubb

1971

11

Notho. fuscotaeniatus

Seegers

1997

12

Notho. guentheri

(Pfeffer)

1893

13

Notho. interruptus

Wildekamp & Berkenkamp

1979

14

Notho. janpapi

Wildekamp

1977

15

Notho. jubbi

Wildekamp & Berkenkamp

1979

16

Notho. kafuensis

Wildekamp & Rosenstock

1989

17

Notho. kirki

Jubb

1969

18

Notho. kiyawensis

Ahl

1928

19

Notho. korthausae

Meinken

1973

20

Notho. kuhntae

(Ahl)

1926

21

Notho. lourensi

Wildekamp

1977

22

Notho. luekei

Seegers

1984

23

Notho. malaissei

Wildekamp

1978

24

Notho. melanospilus

(Pfeffer)

1894

25

Notho. microlepis

(Vinciguerra)

1897

26

Notho. neumanni

(Hilgendorf)

1905

27

Notho. ocellatus

(Seegers)

1985

28

Notho. orthonotus

(Peters)

1844

29

Notho. palmqvisti

(Lönnberg)

1907

30

Notho. patrizii

(Vinciguerra)

1927

31

Notho. polli

Wildekamp

1978

32

Notho. rachovii

Ahl

1926

33

Notho. robustus

Ahl

1935

34

Notho. rubripinnis

Seegers

1986

35

Notho. rubroreticulatus

Blache & Miton

1960

36

Notho. steinforti

Wildekamp

1977

37

Notho. symoensi

Wildekamp

1978

38

Notho. taeniopygus

Hilgendorf

1891

39

Notho. thierryi

(Ahl)

1924

40

Notho. ugandensis

Wildekamp

1994

41

Notho. virgatus

Chambers

1984

42

Notho. vosseleri

Ahl

1924

43

Notho. willerti

Wildekamp

1992



(Adamas - Austrolebias)(Callopanchax - Hysopanchax) (Jordanella - Nothobranchius) (Orestias - Rivulus) (Scriptaphysemion - Valencia)