Genus: Rivulus
Family: Rivulidae > Rivulinae
Author(s): Poey 1860
Typus: Rivulus cylindraceus
Type location:   

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agilae 
Hoedeman, 1954
synonyms: "Agila Rivulus"
 
altivelis 
Huber, 1992
synonyms:  
 
amanapira 
Costa, 2004
synonyms:  
 
amphoreus 
Huber, 1979
synonyms: "Amphora Rivulus"
 
apiamici 
Costa, 1989
synonyms: see Rivulus pictus
 
atratus 
Garman, 1895
synonyms: "Black-bellied Rivulus"
 
auratus 
Schreitmüller, 1928
synonyms: see Rivulus urophthalmus
 
bahianus 
Huber, 1990
synonyms: "Bahia Rivulus"
 
beniensis 
Myers, 1927
synonyms: "Beni Rivulus", Reticulated Rivulus
 
beniensis beniensis 
Myers, 1927
synonyms: see Rivulus beniensis
 
beniensis lacustris 
Myers, 1927
synonyms:  
 
birkhahni 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1992
synonyms: "Birkhahn's Rivulus"
 
birkhani 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1992
synonyms: see Rivulus birkhahni
 
boehlkei 
Huber & Fels, 1985
synonyms:  
 
bolivianus 
Seegers, 1988
synonyms: "Bolivian Rivulus"
 
bonairensis 
Hoedeman, 1958
synonyms: see Rivulus marmoratus
 
bondi 
Schultz, 1949
synonyms: "Bond's Rivulus", see Rivulus hartii
 
brasiliensis 
Valenciennes in Humboldt & Valenciennes, 1821
synonyms: "Brazilian Rivulus"
 
breviceps 
Eigenmann, 1909
synonyms: "Short-headed Rivulus"
 

brunneus 
Meek & Hildebrand, 1913
synonyms: "Brown Rivulus", sp. PBS 36
 
campelloi 
Costa, 1990
synonyms:  
 
caudomarginatus 
Seegers, 1984
synonyms: "Marginated Rivulus"
 
caurae 
Radda, 2004
synonyms:  
 
christinae 
Huber, 1992
synonyms: "Christine's Rivulus"
 
chucunaque 
Breder, 1925
synonyms: "Chucunaque Rivulus"
 
chucunaque chucunaque 
Breder, 1925
synonyms: "Chucunaque Rivulus"
 
chucunaque sucubti 
Breder, 1925
synonyms: see Rivulus chucunaque
 
cladophorus 
Huber, 1991
synonyms: "Marbled Tail Rivulus"
 
compressus 
Henn, 1916
synonyms: "Manaus Rivulus"
 
corpulentus 
Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993
synonyms:  
 
cryptocallus 
Seegers, 1980
synonyms: "Martinique Rivulus"
 

cylindraceus 
Poey, 1860
synonyms: "Cuban Rivulus", "Green Rivulus"
 
decoratus 
Costa, 1989
synonyms: "Decorated Rivulus"
 
deltaphilus 
Seegers, 1983
synonyms: "Orinoco Rivulus"
 
depressus 
Costa, 1991
synonyms:  
 
derhami 
Fels & Huber, 1985
synonyms: "De Rham’s Rivulus"
 
dibaphus 
Myers, 1927
synonyms: "Santarem Rivulus"
 
dorni 
Myers, 1924
synonyms: see Rivulus brasiliensis
 
duckensis 
Hrbek, Pereira & Farias, 2004
synonyms:  
 
elegans 
Steindachner, 1880
synonyms: "Elegant Rivulus"
 
elongatus 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms: "Elongated Rivulus"
 
erberi 
Berkenkamp, 1989
synonyms:  
 
flabellicauda 
Regan, 1907
synonyms: see Rivulus isthmensis
 
frenatus 
Eigenmann, 1912
synonyms:  
 
frommi 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1993
synonyms:  
 
fuscolineatus 
Bussing, 1980
synonyms:  
 
garciai 
de la Cruz & Dubitsky, 1976
synonyms: see Rivulus marmoratus
 

geayi 
Vaillant, 1899
synonyms: "Guyana Rivulus", Rivulus sp. "Rio Mazaruni" = Rivulus cf. geayi, Rivulus strigatus (Regan, 1912)
 
glaucus 
Bussing, 1980
synonyms:  
 
godmani 
Regan, 1907
synonyms: see Rivulus tenuis
 
gransabanae 
Lasso, Taphorn & Thomerson, 1992
synonyms:  
 
haraldsiolii 
Berkenkamp, 1984
synonyms:  
 
hartii 
Boulenger, 1890
synonyms: "Giant Rivulus", "Jumping guabine", "Trinidad Rivulus", Rivulus harti, Rivulus spec. "San Augustin"
 
hendrichsi 
Alvarez & Carranza, 1952
synonyms: see Rivulus tenuis
 
heyei 
Nichols, 1914
synonyms: see Rivulus marmoratus
 
hildebrandi 
Myers, 1927
synonyms:  
 
holmiae 
Eigenmann, 1909
synonyms: "Golden tailed Rivulus", "Holmia Rivulus"
 

igneus 
Huber, 1991
synonyms: "Red Bellied Rivulus"
 
immaculatus 
Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1991
synonyms: "Venamo Rivulus"
 

insulaepinorum 
de la Cruz & Dubitsky, 1976
synonyms: "Isle of Pines rivulus"
 

intermittens 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms:  
 
iridescens 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms: "Rainbow Rivulus"
 
isthmensis 
Garman, 1895
synonyms:  
 
janeiroensis 
Costa, 1991
synonyms:  
 
jucundus 
Huber, 1992
synonyms:  
 
kirovskyi 
Costa, 2004
synonyms:  
 
kuelpmanni 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1993
synonyms:  
 
lanceolatus 
Eigenmann, 1909
synonyms:  
 
leucurus 
Fowler, 1944
synonyms:  
 

limoncochae 
Hoedeman, 1962
synonyms:  
 
luelingi 
Seegers, 1984
synonyms:  
 
lungi 
Berkenkamp, 1984
synonyms:  
 
lyricauda 
Thomerson, Berkenkamp & Taphorn, 1991
synonyms: "Lyretail Rivulus"
 

magdalenae 
Eigenmann & Henn, 1916
synonyms: "Magdalena rivulus", "Rivulus de cola barrada"
 
manaensis 
Hoedeman, 1961
synonyms: see Rivulus agilae
 

marmoratus 
Poey, 1880
synonyms: "Marmorated Rivulus", "Mangrove Rivulus", Rivulus ocellatus, Rivulus heyei (Nichols, 1914), Rivulus marmoratus bonairensis (Hoedeman, 1958), Rivulus bonairensis (Hoedeman, 1958), Rivulus garciae (de la Cruz and Dubitsky, 1976), Rivulus garciai (de la Cruz and Dubitsky, 1976)
 
mazaruni 
Myers, 1924
synonyms:  
 
micropus 
Steindachner, 1863
synonyms:  
 
milesii 
Fowler, 1941
synonyms: see Rivulus magdalenae
 
modestus 
Costa, 1991
synonyms: "Pantanal Rivulus"
 
monikae 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1995
synonyms:  
 
monticola 
Staeck & Schindler, 1997
synonyms:  
 

montium 
Hildebrand, 1938
synonyms:  
 
myersi 
Hubbs, 1936
synonyms: see Rivulus tenuis
 
nicoi 
Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992
synonyms:  
 
nudiventris 
Costa & Brasil, 1991
synonyms:  
 
obscurus 
Garman, 1895
synonyms:  
 
ocellatus 
Hensel, 1868
synonyms: see Rivulus marmoratus
 
ophiomimus 
Huber, 1992
synonyms: "Putumayo Rivulus"
 

ornatus 
Garman, 1895
synonyms:  
 
pacificus 
Huber, 1992
synonyms:  
 
paracatuensis 
Costa, 2003
synonyms:  
 
peruanus 
Regan, 1903
synonyms: "Peruvian Rivulus"
 
pictus 
Costa, 1989
synonyms: "Painted Rivulus", Rivulus apiamici (Costa, 1989)
 
pinima 
Costa, 1989
synonyms: see Rivulus pictus
 
poeyi 
Steindachner, 1876
synonyms: see Rivulus urophthalmus
 

punctatus 
Boulenger, 1895
synonyms: "Spotted Rivulus"
 
rachovii 
Ahl, 1923
synonyms: see Rivulus santensis
 

rectocaudatus 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms: "Spadefin Rivulus", Rivulus NSC-3 (1971, A. Castro)
 
robustus 
Miller & Hubbs, 1974
synonyms: see Millerichthys robustus
 

roloffi 
Roloff, 1938
synonyms: "Hispaniolan rivulus"
 
romeri 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
rondoni 
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
synonyms: see Trigonectes balzani
 
rubra 
Kramp, 1914
synonyms: see Rivulus urophthalmus
 
rubripunctatus 
Bussing, 1980
synonyms:  
 
rubrolineatus 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms: "Red Lined Rivulus"
 
santensis 
Köhler, 1906
synonyms:  
 
simplicis 
Costa, 2004
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Columbia" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Guyana" 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Laguna" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 

sp. "Mahdia" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Padre Isla Iquitos 96" 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Panama Road" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Paryagi" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Quisto Cocha" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 

sp. "Rio Mazaruni" 
Not described
synonyms: See Rivulus geayi
 
sp. "Rio Pichana" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Tingo Maria" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. "Yantana" 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. aff. geayi 
Not described
synonyms: sp. aff. geryi
 
sp. aff. micropus 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. aff. uroflammeus 
Not described
synonyms: Caldera, Panama
 
sp. affinis christinae 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
sp. affinis micropus 
Not described
synonyms:  
 
sp. affinis ornatus 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
sp. affinis rubrolineatus 
Description not known
synonyms:  
 
speciosus 
Fels & de Rham, 1981
synonyms:  
 
stagnatus 
Eigenmann, 1909
synonyms:  
 
stellifer 
Thomerson & Turner, 1973
synonyms: see Rachovia stellifer
 
strigatus 
Regan, 1912
synonyms: see Rivulus geayi
 
taeniatus 
Fowler, 1945
synonyms:  
 
tecminae 
Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1992
synonyms:  
 

tenuis 
Meek, 1904
synonyms: "Dogtooth Rivulus", Cynodontichtyes tenuis (Meek, 1904), "Mayan rivulus", Rivulus Godman, The "slender" Rivulus
 
tesselatus 
Huber, 1992
synonyms:  
 
torrenticola 
Frans B.M. Vermeulen & Isaäc J.H. Isbrücker, 2000
synonyms:  
 
uakti 
Costa, 2004
synonyms:  
 

uroflammeus siegfriedi 
Bussing, 1980
synonyms: Rivulus siegfriedi
 
uroflammeus uroflammeus 
Bussing, 1980
synonyms:  
 
urophthalmus 
Günther, 1866
synonyms: "Eyespot Rivulus", "Golden Rivulus", Rivulus auratus (Schreitmüller, 1928), Rivulus rubra (Kramp, 1914), Rivulus urophthalmus aurata (Schreitmüller, 1928)
 
urophthalmus aurata 
Schreitmüller, 1928
synonyms: see
 
villwocki 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1997
synonyms:  
 
violaceus 
Costa, 1991
synonyms:  
 
vittatus 
Costa, 1989
synonyms: see Rivulus pictus
 
volcanus 
Hildebrand, 1938
synonyms: see Rivulus hildebrandi
 

waimacui 
Eigenmann, 1909
synonyms:  
 
wassmanni 
Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1999
synonyms: Rivulus spec. "PEH 96/6", Rivulus spec. "PEH 98/5"
 
weberi 
Huber, 1992
synonyms:  
 
xanthonotus 
Ahl, 1926
synonyms: "Yellowback Rivulus"
 

xiphidius 
Huber, 1979
synonyms: "Blue Banded Rivulus"
 

zygonectes 
Myers, 1927
synonyms: "Goiás Rivulus"
 

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