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Killifish Historical Statistics

HISTORICAL STATISTICS

Number of taxa described between

1700-1800

3
1800-1850 70
1850-1870 67
1870-1890 50
1890-1910 89
1910-1930 145
1930-1950 161
1950-1970 96
1970-1980 138
1980-1990 144
1990-1995 84





The 24 Earliest Described Taxa

Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Fundulus macrolepidotus (Walbaum, 1792)

Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)

Fundulus coenicolus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Fundulus fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803)

Fundulus swampinus (Lacepède, 1803)

Cyprinodon ovinus (Mitchill, 1815)

Fundulus flavulus (Mitchill, 1815)

Fundulus pisciculus (Mitchill, 1815)

Fundulus pisculentis (Mitchill, 1815)

Fundulus zonatus (Mitchill, 1815)

Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur, 1817)

Fundulus multifaciatus (Le Sueur, 1817)

Fundulus nigrofaciatus (Le Sueur, 1817)

Fundulus ornatus (Le Sueur, 1817)

Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyprinodon ellipsoidea (Le Sueur, 1821)

Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)

Cyprinodon rhomboidalis (Valenciennes, 1821)

Rivulus brasiliensis (Valenciennes, 1821)

Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822)

Aphanius nanus (Nardo, 1827)

Aphanius lineatopunctatus (Wagner, 1828)




Latest described taxa (between 1990 & 1995):

Aphyosemion cauveti Romand & Ozouf, 1995

Aphyosemion powelli (Zee & Wildekamp, 1995)

Cynolebias carvalhoi Costa, 1995

Cynolebias microphthalmus Costa, 1995

Cynolebias monstrosus Huber, 1995

Cynolebias patriciae Huber, 1995

Cynolebias vandenbergi Huber, 1995

Maratecoara formosa Costa, 1995

Nothobranchius ugandensis Wildekamp, 1995

Renova oscari Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995

Rivulus monikae Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1995

Stenolebias bellus Costa, 1995

Trigonectes aplocheiloides Huber, 1995

Aphyosemion passaroi Huber, 1994

Cynolebias alternatus Costa & Brasil, 1994

Cynolebias multiradiatus Costa & Brasil, 1994

Cynolebias stellatus Costa & Brasil, 1994

Cynolebias trilineatus Costa & Brasil, 1994

Cynolebias vazferreirai Berkenkamp, Etzel, Reichert & Salvia, 1994

Epiplatys guineensis Romand, 1994

Micropanchax ehrichi (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994)

Cynolebias fulminantis Costa & Brasil, 1993

Cynolebias hellneri Berkenkamp, 1993

Cynolebias leptocephalus Costa & Brasil, 1993

Cynolebias santanae Shibata & Garavello, 1993

Cyprinodon ceciliae Lozano & Contreras, 1993

Cyprinodon inmemoriam Lozano & Contreras, 1993

Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano & Contreras, 1993

Cyprinodon veronicae Lozano & Contreras, 1993

Epiplatys neumanni Berkenkamp, 1993

Rivulus corpulentus Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993

Rivulus frommi Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1993

Rivulus kuelpmanni Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1993

Cynolebias duraznensis Reichert, 1992

Neofundulus acutirostratus Costa, 1992

Nothobranchius bojiensis Wildekamp & Haas, 1992

Nothobranchius fasciatus Wildekamp & Haas, 1992

Nothobranchius willerti Wildekamp, 1992

Pterolebias xiphophorus Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992

Rivulus altivelis Huber, 1992

Rivulus birkhahni Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1992

Rivulus christinae Huber, 1992

Rivulus gransabanae Lasso, Taphorn & Thomerson, 1992

Rivulus jucundus Huber, 1992

Rivulus nicoi Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992

Rivulus ophiomimus Huber, 1992

Rivulus pacificus Huber, 1992

Rivulus tecminae Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1992

Rivulus tessellatus Huber, 1992

Rivulus weberi Huber, 1992

Trigonectes pepotei (Costa, 1992)

Aphyosemion lugens Amiet, 1991

Aphyosemion poliaki Amiet, 1991

Cynolebias albipunctatus Costa & Brasil, 1991

Cynolebias costai Lazara, 1991

Cynolebias magnificus Costa & Brasil, 1991

Cynolebias perforatus Costa & Brasil, 1991

Cynopoecilus leitaoi (Cruz, da & Peixoto, 1991)

Maratecoara lacortei (Lazara, 1991)

Plesiolebias aruana (Lazara, 1991)

Rivulus cladophorus Huber, 1991

Rivulus depressus Costa, 1991

Rivulus igneus Huber, 1991

Rivulus immaculatus Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1991

Rivulus janeiroensis Costa, 1991

Rivulus lyricauda Thomerson, Berkenkamp & Taphorn, 1991

Rivulus modestus Costa, 1991

Rivulus nudiventris Costa & Brasil, 1991

Rivulus violaceus Costa, 1991

Stenolebias damascenoi (Costa, 1991)

Cynolebias flavicaudatus Costa & Brasil, 1990

Cynolebias griseus Costa, Lacerda & Brasil, 1990

Cynolebias notatus Costa, Lacerda & Brasil, 1990

Cynolebias zonatus Costa & Brasil, 1990

Cyprinodon higuey Rodriguez & Smith in Smith, Rodriguez & Lydeard, 1990

Oryzias nigrimas Kottelat, 1990

Oryzias orthognathus Kottelat, 1990

Oryzias profundicola Kottelat, 1990

Plesiolebias bitteri Costa, 1990

Plesiolebias lacerdai Costa, 1990

Rivulus bahianus Huber, 1990

Rivulus campelloi Costa, 1990

Trigonectes macrophthalmus Costa, 1990

Trigonectes rubromarginatus Costa, 1990


Courtesy of J.H. Huber: Killi-Data 1996 Société française d'Ichtyologie, M.N.H.N., Paris, France.







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