Cynolebiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei
Familia: Cynolebiidae

Genera: Anablepsoides – Aphyolebias – Atlantirivulus – Austrofundulus – Austrolebias – Campellolebias – Cynodonichthys – Cynolebias – Cynopoecilus – Gnatholebias – Hypsolebias – Kryptolebias – Laimosemion – Leptolebias – Llanolebias – Maratecoara – Melanorivulus – Micromoema – Millerichthys – Moema – Nematolebias – Neofundulus – Notholebias – Ophthalmolebias – Papiliolebias – Pituna – Plesiolebias – Prorivulus – Pterolebias – Rachovia – Renova – Rivulus – Simpsonichthys – Stenolebias – Terranatos – Trigonectes – Yssolebias
Name

Cynolebiidae Hoedeman, 1961

based on Cynolebiatidi Hoedeman, 1961. Replaces Rivulidae (based on Rivulini Myers, 1925), preoccupied by Rivulini Grote, 1895, which are a subfamily (Rivulinae) of moths in the family Erebidae.
Type genus: Cynolebias Steindachner, 1876

Synonyms

Rivulini Myers, 1925
Rivulidae Myers, 1925
Cynolebiatidi Hoedeman, 1961

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. Abstract (PDF). Reference page.
Hoedeman, J.J. 1961. Studies on Cyprinodontiform fishes 10. On the probable evolution of the frontal scalation patterns. Bulletin of Aquatic Biology 2(18): 82–92. Reference page.
Huber, J.H. 2012: Description of Yssolebias, nov. gen., a new monotypic fish genus for an old and phantom species of Colombia. Killi-Data Series 2012, 26-31.
Myers, G.S. 1925. Results of some recent studies on the American killifishes. The Fish Culturist 4(8): 370–371. Reference page.
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page.
Van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa 3882(1): 1–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Reference page.
Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page.

Links

Genera of Cynolebiidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Cynolebiidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names
English: New World rivulines
polski: strumieniakowate