Rivulus punctatus

Genus: Rivulus
Species: punctatus

Location Pages

• Aquidauana, 15 km S, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Arroyo Chimiray, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Arroyo Clementina, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Arroyo Hondo, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Arroyo Paso Hondo, Paragauy (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Arroyo Yhaca (or Ovecha), Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Asuncion (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Ayolas, 2 km E, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Belen, 18 km E, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Benjamin Aceval, 67.5 km NW, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• BR 70 Road, to Santo Antonio de Laverger, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Brazil CI 94 (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Brazo Norte, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Caacupe, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Caaguazu, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Camino Overo, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Canal Molina KCA 03-24 (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Capitan Bado, 2.1 km S to junction, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Cerca de Saladas, Ruta 5, Corrientes, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Chaco-i, 4.6 km S, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Chaco-I, 24 km NW, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Clorinda, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Colonia Risso, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Colonia Thompson, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Conception Airport, 4 km S, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Corrente Stream, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Corumba, Rio Paraguay, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Cuiaba-Caceres, 140 km, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Curuguaty-Mbutuy, 4 km, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Curupayty – Paso de Patria, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Estancia Dona Julia, Bahia Negra, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Estancia La Golondrina, Paraguay (2 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Estancia La Rurual, Rio Confuso, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Estancia Laguna Blanca, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Estancia Loma Verde, Paraguay (2 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Esteros Laguna Oca, Formosa, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Ilha do Castel, Rio Paraguay, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Ipacarai, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Isla Umbu, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Itacurubi (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Ituzaingo (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Lima, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Limpio 2006 (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Limpio Rio Salado, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Luque, 14.7 km E, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Mato Grosso (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Mbopicua, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Miranda, 10 km S, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Nhecolandia, Brazil (2 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• PK 17, Pilar-Humaita, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• PK 20, San Pedro-Nuevo Germania, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• PK 37, Pozo Colorado-Concepcion, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Panchito Lopez, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Paranasito KCA 03-22 (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Paso Cornelio, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Pocone HvdB 14-32 (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Posadas, 30 km S, Ruta 39, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Puente Remanso DF 29, Paraguay (3 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Puente Remanso, W, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Puente Remanso Bridge, 1 km S, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Puente Remanso Bridge, 34.8 km NW, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Puente Remanso-Mariscal, 2 km, LV 16, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Puerto Suarez, Bolivia (2 species) — Country guess: Bolivia HIGH
• Rio Aguaray, 2 km N to Capitan Bado, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Rio Boa Ventura, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Rio Confuso, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Rio de Oro, Chaco, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Rio Guayquiraro, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Rio Miranda Trib., near Anastacio, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Rio Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• San Patricio, 51 km S, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Rio Salado LV 20, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Rio Salmo, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Rio Santa Rita, Mato Grosso, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Saladas (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Santa Rosa, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Tobati, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Tobati, 1.6 km S, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Urucu(m), Mato Grosso, Brazil (1 species) — Country guess: Brazil HIGH
• Valenzuela, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Villa Hayes, Paraguay (1 species) — Country guess: Paraguay HIGH
• Yahape NSC 11, Argentina (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH
• Ytororo (1 species) — Country guess: Argentina HIGH

Country Guess (from Location Codes)

• Argentina HIGH
• Bolivia HIGH
• Brazil HIGH
• Paraguay HIGH

Links to itrainsfishes.net, a website by Frans Vermeulen

• Species page for Melanorivulus punctatus — https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/melanorivulus_punctatus_001.php

Primary Genus

• Rivulus - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/rivulus_introduction_001.php

Related Genera

• Anablepsoides - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/anablepsoides_introduction_001.php
• Atlantirivulus - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/atlantirivulus_introduction_001.php
• Benirivulus - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/benirivulus_introduction_001.php
• Cynodonichthys - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/cynodonichthys_introduction_001.php
• Laimosemion - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/laimosemion_introduction_001.php
• Melanorivulus - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/melanorivulus_introduction_001.php
• Oditichthys - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/oditichthys_introduction_001.php
• Owiyeye - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/owiyeye_introduction_001.php
• Rivulus Ss - https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/rivulus_ss_introduction_001.php

Links to fishbase.org species profiles

• FishBase profile for Rivulus punctatus — https://www.fishbase.org/summary/49788

IUCN Red List Conservation Status

• Status — IUCN - LC Least Concern (LC)
• Updated — 2020
• IUCN page — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/186886/1819859
• Attribution — Brejão, G.L. 2024. Melanorivulus punctatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [Version 2025-2].

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