KMI 4 Ready Reference Guide to Names

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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

#

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S

sg

s

Genus -- species

First Describer

Date

46

Orestias

A. Valenciennes

1839

1

O. agassizii

Valenciennes

1846

2

O. albus

Valenciennes

1846

3

O. ascotanensis ENDANGERED

Parenti

1984

4

O. chungarensis

Vila & Pinto

1986

5

O. crawfordi

Tchernavin

1944

6

O. ctenolepis

Parenti

1984

7

O. cuvieri EXTINCT

Valenciennes

1846

8

O. elegans

Garman

1895

9

O. empyraeus

Allen

1942

10

O. farfani

Parenti

1984

11

O. forgeti

Lauzanne

1981

12

O. frontosus

Cope

1876

13

O. fuscus

Garman

1895

14

O. gilsoni

Tchernavin

1944

15

O. gracilis

Parenti

1984

16

O. gymnotus

Parenti

1984

17

O. hardini

Parenti

1984

18

O. imarpe

Parenti

1984

19

O. incae

Garman

1895

20

O. ispi

Lauzanne

1981

21

O. jussiei

Valenciennes

1846

22

O. lastarriae

Philippi

1876

23

O. laucaensis

Arratia

1982

24

O. luteus

Valenciennes

1846

25

O. minimus

Tchernavin

1944

26

O. minutus

Tchernavin

1944

27

O. mooni

Tchernavin

1944

28

O. mulleri

Valenciennes

1846

29

O. multiporus

Parenti

1984

30

O. mundus

Parenti

1984

31

O. olivaceus

Garman

1895

32

O. parinacotensis

Arratia

1982

33

O. pentlandii

Valenciennes

1846

34

O. polonorum

Tchernavin

1944

35

O. puni

Tchernavin

1944

36

O. richersoni

Parenti

1984

37

O. robustus

Parenti

1984

38

O. rospigliosii

Eigenmann & Allen

1942

39

O. rotundipinnis

Parenti

1984

40

O. silustani

Allen

1942

41

O. taquiri

Tchernavin

1944

42

O. tchernavini

Lauzanne

1981

43

O. tomcooni

Parenti

1984

44

O. tschudii

Castelnau

1855

45

O. tutini

Tchernavin

1944

46

O. uruni

Tchernavin

1944

47

O. ututo

Parenti

1984

47

Oxyzygonectes

H.W. Fowler

1916

1

Oxyz. dovii

(Günther)

1866

48

Pachypanchax

G.S. Myers

1933

1

Pachy. omalonotus

(Duméril)

1861

2

Pachy. playfairii

(Günther)

1866

3

Pachy. sakaramyi

(Holly)

1928

49

Pantanodon

G.S. Myers

1955

1

Panta. madagascariensis

(Arnoult)

1963

2

Panta. stuhlmanni

(Ahl)

1924

50

Papiliolebias

W.J.E.M. Costa

1998

1

Papi. bitteri

(Costa)

1989

51

Pituna

W.J.E.M. Costa

1989

1

Pituna compacta

(Myers)

1927

52

Plancterus

S. Garman

1895

1

Plancterus zebrinus

(Jordan & Gilbert)

1883

53

Plataplochilus

E. Ahl

1928

1

Platap. cabindae

(Boulenger)

1911

2

Platap. chalcopyrus

Lambert

1963

3

Platap. loemensis

(Pellegrin)

1924

4

Platap. miltotaenia

Lambert

1963

5

Platap. mimus

Lambert

1967

6

Platap. ngaensis

(Ahl)

1924

7

Platap. pulcher

Lambert

1967

8

Platap. terveri

(Huber)

1982

54

Plesiolebias

W.J.E.M. Costa

1989

1

Ples. aruana

(Lazara)

1991

2

Ples. glaucopterus

(Costa & Lacerda)

1988

3

Ples. lacerdai

Costa

1989

4

Ples. xavantei

(Costa, Lacerda, & Tanizaki)

1988

55

Procatopus

G.A. Boulenger

1904

sg

Andreasenius

H. Stenholt Clausen

1959

1

Proc. aberrans

Ahl

1927

2

Proc. nototaenia

Boulenger

1904

3

Proc. similis

Ahl

1927

56

Profundulus

C.L. Hubbs

1924

sg

Tlaloc

J. Alvarez & J. Carranza

1951

1

Prof. candalarius

Hubbs

1924

2

Prof. guatemalensis

(Günther)

1866

3

Prof. hildebrandi

Miller

1950

4

Prof. labialis

(Günther)

1866

5

Prof. punctatus

(Günther)

1866

57

Pterolebias

S. Garman

1895

1

Pter. bokermanni

Travassos

1955

2

Pter. longipinnis

Garman

1895

3

Pter. phasianus

Costa

1988

58

Rachovia

G.S. Myers

1927

1

Rach. brevis

(Regan)

1912

2

Rach. hummelincki

de Beaufort

1940

3

Rach. maculipinnis

(Radda)

1964

4

Rach. pyropunctata

Taphorn & Thomerson

1978

5

Rach. stellifer

(Thomerson & Turner)

1973

59

Renova

J.E. Thomerson & D.C. Taphorn

1995

1

Renova oscari

Thomerson & Taphorn

1995

60

Rivulus

F. Poey

1860

sg

Anablepsoides

J.H. Huber

1992

sg

Cynodonichthys

S.E. Meek

1904

sg

Laimosemion

J.H. Huber

1999

sg

Oditichthys

J.H. Huber

1999

sg

Vomerivulus

H.W. Fowler

1944

1

Riv. agilae

Hoedeman

1954

2

Riv. altivelis

Huber

1992

3

Riv. amphoreus

Huber

1979

4

Riv. atratus

Garman

1895

5

Riv. bahianus

Huber

1990

6

Riv. beniensis beniensis

Myers

1927

7

Riv. beniensis lacustris

Myers

1927

8

Riv. birkhahni

Berkenkamp & Etzel

1992

9

Riv. boelkei

Huber & Fels

1985

10

Riv. bolivianus

Seegers

1988

11

Riv. brasiliensis

(Valenciennes)

1821

12

Riv. breviceps

Eigenmann

1909

13

Riv. brunneus

Meek & Hildebrand

1913

14

Riv. campelloi

Costa

1990

15

Riv, caudomarginatus

Seegers

1984

16

Riv. christinae

Huber

1992

17

Riv. chucunaque chucunaque

Breder

1925

18

Riv. chucunaque sucubti

Breder

1925

19

Riv. cladophorus

Huber

1991

20

Riv. corpulentus

Thomerson & Taphorn

1993

21

Riv. cryptocallus

Seegers

1980

22

Riv. cylindraceus

Poey

1860

23

Riv. decoratus

Costa

1989

24

Riv. deltaphilus

Seegers

1983

25

Riv. depressus

Costa

1991

26

Riv. derhami

Fels & Huber

1985

27

Riv. elegans

Steindachner

1880

28

Riv. elongatus

Fels & de Rham

1981

29

Riv. erberi

Berkenkamp

1989

30

Riv. frenatus

Eigenmann

1912

31

Riv. frommi

Berkenkamp & Etzel

1993

32

Riv. fuscolineatus

Bussing

1980

33

Riv. geayi

Vaillant

1899

34

Riv. glaucus

Bussing

1980

35

Riv. gransabanae

Lasso, Taphorn, & Thomerson

1992

36

Riv. haraldsiolii

Berkenkamp

1984

37

Riv. hartii

(Boulenger)

1890

38

Riv. hildebrandi

Myers

1927

39

Riv. holmiae

Eigenmann

1909

40

Riv. igneus

Huber

1991

41

Riv. immaculatus

Thomerson, Nico, & Taphorn

1991

42

Riv. intermittens

Fels & de Rham

1981

43

Riv. iridescens

Fels & de Rham

1981

44

Riv, isthmensis isthmensis

Garman

1895

45

Riv. isthmensis rubripunctatus

Bussing

1980

46

Riv. janeiroensis

Costa

1991

47

Riv. jucundus

Huber

1992

48

Riv. kuelpmanni

Berkenkamp & Etzel

1993

49

Riv. lanceolatus

Eigenmann

1909

50

Riv. leucurus

Fowler

1944

51

Riv. limoncochae

Hoedeman

1962

52

Riv. luelingi

Seegers

1984

53

Riv. lungi

Berkenkamp

1984

54

Riv. lyricauda

Thomerson, Berkenkamp, & Taphorn

1991

55

Riv. magdalenae

Eigenmann & Henn

1916

56

Riv. marmoratus

Poey

1880

57

Riv. mazaruni

Myers

1924

58

Riv. micropus

(Steindachner)

1863

59

Riv. modestus

Costa

1991

60

Riv. monikae

Berkenkamp & Etzel

1995

61

Riv. monticola

Staeck & Schindler

1997

62

Riv. montium

Hildebrand

1938

63

Riv. nicoi

Thomerson & Taphorn

1992

64

Riv. nudiventris

Costa & Brasil

1991

65

Riv. obscurus

Garman

1895

66

Riv. ophiomimus

Huber

1992

67

Riv. ornatus

Garman

1895

68

Riv. pacificus

Huber

1992

69

Riv. peruanus

(Regan)

1903

70

Riv. pictus

Costa

1989

71

Riv. punctatus

Boulenger

1895

72

Riv. rectocaudatus

Fels & de Rham

1981

73

Riv. roloffi

Roloff

1938

74

Riv. rubrolineatus

Fels & de Rham

1981

75

Riv. santensis

Köhler

1906

76

Riv. speciosus

Fels & de Rham

1981

77

Riv. stagnatus

Eigenmann

1909

78

Riv. taeniatus

Fowler

1945

79

Riv. tecminae

Thomerson, Nico, & Taphorn

1992

80

Riv. tenuis

(Meek)

1904

81

Riv. tessellatus

Huber

1992

82

Riv. uroflammeus uroflammeus

Bussing

1980

83

Riv. uroflammeus siegfriedi

Bussing

1980

84

Riv. urophthalmus

Günther

1866

85

Riv. violaceus

Costa

1991

86

Riv. villwocki

Berkenkamp & Etzel

1997

87

Riv. waimacui

Eigenmann

1909

88

Riv. wassmanni

Berkenkam & Etzel

1999

89

Riv. weberi

Huber

1992

90

Riv. xanthonotus

Ahl

1926

91

Riv. xiphidius

Huber

1979

92

Riv. zygonectes

Myers

1927



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