Kryptolebias marmoratus

Kryptolebias marmoratus

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

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: Rivulidae
Genus: Kryptolebias
Species: Kryptolebias marmoratus

Name

Kryptolebias marmoratus (Poey, 1880)

Neotype: USNM 37429. Lectotype designated by Rivas 1945:45, but syntype status disputed in Smith & Lazara, 1990:191. Rivas lectotype established as neotype in Opinion 1798.

Type locality: Cuba, if not from the USA.

Synonyms

• Rivulus marmoratus Poey, 1880:248
• Rivulus heyei Nichols, 1914:143
• Rivulus marmoratus bonairensis Hoedeman, 1958:117
• Rivulus garciai de la Cruz & Dubitsky, 1976:4

References

• Avise, J. C. & Tatarenkov, A., 2015: Population genetics and evolution of the mangrove rivulus Kryptolebias marmoratus, the world's only self-fertilizing hermaphroditic vertebrate. Journal of Fish Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12741

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2006. Redescription of Kryptolebias ocellatus (Hensel) and K. caudomarginatus (Seegers) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), two killifishes from mangroves of south-eastern Brazil. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 11(1): 5–12. Reference page. 
• International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature 1995. Opinion 1798 (Case 2722): Rivulus marmoratus Poey, 1880 (Osteichthyes, Cyprinodontiformes): given precedence over R. ocellatus Hensel, 1868, and a neotype designated for R. marmoratus. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52: 106–108. Reference page. 
• Poey, F. 1880. Revisio piscium Cubensium. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 9: 243–261, Pls. 6–10. Reference page. 
• Rivas, L.R. 1945. The discovery and redescription of the types of Rivulus marmoratus Poey, a cyprinodont from Cuba. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35(3): 95–97. BHL Reference page. 
• Lazara, K.J. & Smith, M.L. 1990. Rivulus marmoratus Poey 1880 (Osteichthys, Cyprinodontiformes): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47(3): 191–194. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Kryptolebias marmoratus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Kryptolebias marmoratus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Mangrove Rivulus