Rivulidae, Myers, 1925

Mojica, José Ivan & Agudelo-Zamora, Henry D., 2018, Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN), Zootaxa 4478 (1), pp. 1-79 : 50-52

Rivulidae

Pterolebias hoignei Thomerson, 1974: 31 , figs. 1–2. Paratypes ( Fig. 69 ): ICN-MHN 701 (4, 26.7–42.9 mm SL), Venezuela, Cojedes, road El Pao-El Baul, Pao River , Caño Benito , Apure River system, 09°16’N 68°09’W; E. Hoigne, Sep 1965 .

Rivulus pacificus Huber, 1992: 351 , figs. 67. Holotype ( Fig. 70 ): ICN-MHN 4151 [ex NRM 16551] (23.8 mm SL), Colombia, Chocó, Condoto, River San Juan , western versant, Cordillera Occidental; S.O. Kullander, A.M.C. Silfvergrip & C. Román-Valencia, 5 Feb 1989 .

Remarks: Mojica & Castellanos (2007, 2009) erroneously cite ICN-MHN 4151 as a paratype, when actually is the holotype, which was transferred from the NRM collection. Currently as Cynodonichthys pacificus .

Rivulus stellifer Thomerson & Turner, 1973: 783 figs. 1–2. Paratypes ( Fig. 71 ): ICN-MHN 700 (3, 27.3–30.2 mm SL), Venezuela, Cojedes, road El Pao-El Baul, Pao River , Caño Benito , Apure River system, 09°16’N 68°09’W; E. Hoigne, 26 Aug 1969 .

Remarks: currently as Llanolebias stellifer .

Figures

FIGURE 69. Paratype of Pterolebias hoignei ICN-MHN 701 (scale bar = 1 cm). Photo by Jorge García Melo.

FIGURE 70. Paratype of Rivulus pacificus ICN-MHN 4151 (scale bar = 1 cm). Photo by Jorge García Melo.

FIGURE 71. Paratype of Rivulus stellifer ICN-MHN 700 (scale bar = 1 cm). Photo by Jorge García Melo.