Melanorivulus
| Melanorivulus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Melanorivulus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Rivulus punctatus Boulenger, 1895 | |
Melanorivulus is a genus of aplocheilid fish native to South America. It was first elevated to genus status in 2011 by W. J. E. M. Costa.[1] However, subsequent work in 2012 by J. H. Huber suggests that this grouping is merely a subgenus of Rivulus.[2]
Species
There are currently 42 recognized species in this genus:
- Melanorivulus apiamici (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989) [3]
- Melanorivulus atlanticus W. J. E. M. Costa, Bragança & Ottoni, 2015 [4]
- Melanorivulus bororo (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008)
- Melanorivulus crixas (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus cyanopterus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus dapazi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus decoratus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989)
- Melanorivulus egens (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus faucireticulatus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008)
- Melanorivulus giarettai (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008)
- Melanorivulus illuminatus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus imperatrizensis D. T. B. Nielsen & C. S. Pinto, 2015 [5]
- Melanorivulus jalapensis (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2010)
- Melanorivulus javahe (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus karaja (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus kayabi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008)
- Melanorivulus kayapo (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006)
- Melanorivulus kunzei W. J. E. M. Costa, 2012 [6]
- Melanorivulus leali W. J. E. M. Costa, 2013 [7]
- Melanorivulus litteratus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus megaroni (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2010)
- Melanorivulus modestus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991)
- Melanorivulus paracatuensis (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2003)
- Melanorivulus paresi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008)
- Melanorivulus parnaibensis (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2003)
- Melanorivulus pictus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989)
- Melanorivulus pindorama W. J. E. M. Costa, 2012 [8]
- Melanorivulus pinima (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989)
- Melanorivulus planaltinus (W. J. E. M. Costa & G. C. Brasil, 2008)
- Melanorivulus polychromus D. T. B. Nielsen, P. A. B. A. Neves, Ywamoto & Passos, 2016 [3]
- Melanorivulus punctatus (Boulenger, 1895)
- Melanorivulus rossoi (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus rubromarginatus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus rubroreticulatus W. J. E. M. Costa, Amorim & Bragança, 2014 [9]
- Melanorivulus rutilicaudus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus salmonicaudus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2007)
- Melanorivulus scalaris (W. J. E. M. Costa, 2005)
- Melanorivulus schuncki (W. J. E. M. Costa & De Luca, 2011)
- Melanorivulus ubirajarai W. J. E. M. Costa, 2012 [6]
- Melanorivulus violaceus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991)
- Melanorivulus vittatus (W. J. E. M. Costa, 1989)
- Melanorivulus zygonectes (G. S. Myers, 1927)
References
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2011): Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of Anablepsoides, Atlantirivulus, Cynodonichthys, Laimosemion and Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (3): 233-249.
- ↑ Huber, J.H. (2012): Reappraisal of the Phylogeny of Rivulus and its Allied focused on External Characters. Killi-Data Series, 2012: 9-25.
- 1 2 Nielsen, D.T.B., Neves, P.A.B.A., Ywamoto, E.V. & Passos, M.d.A. (2016): Melanorivulus polychromus, a new species of killifish from the rio São José dos Dourados drainage, middle rio Paraná basin, southwestern Brazil, with a redescription of Melanorivulus apiamici (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (2): 79-88.
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M., Bragança, P.H.N. & Ottoni, F.P. (2015). "A new miniature killifish of the genus Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the coastal plains of north-eastern Brazil" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology,. 65 (1): 31–35.
- ↑ Nielsen, D.T.B. & Pinto, C.S. (2015): Melanorivulus imperatrizensis, a new species of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio Tocantins basin, Brazil. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (3): 136-143.
- 1 2 Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Two new species of Melanorivulus from the Caiapós hill, upper Araguaia river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 211-218.
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2013): A new killifish of the genus Melanorivulus from the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (3): 277-281.
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Melanorivulus pindorama, a new killifish from the Tocantins River drainage, central Brazilian Cerrado (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 57-61.
- ↑ Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F. & Bragança, P.H.N. (2014): A new miniature killifish of the genus Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the Xingu river drainage, Brazilian Amazon. Vertebrate Zoology, 64 (2): 193-197.
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