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Pterolebias longipinnis Garman, 1895

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pterolebias longipinnis Garman, 1895
Name authority
Garman, 1895
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Rivulidae
Genus
Pterolebias
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCyprinodontiformes
  11. familyRivulidae Myers, 1925
  12. genusPterolebias Garman, 1895
  13. speciesPterolebias longipinnis Garman, 1895

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pterolebias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pterolebias phasianus Costa, 1988RivulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pterolebias hoignei Thomerson, 1974RivulidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 386 records assigned to Rivulidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pterolebias luelingi (Meinken, 1969) (Meinken, 1969)synonym
Rivulichthys luelingi Meinken, 1969 Meinken, 1969synonym
Pterolebias bokermanni Travassos, 1955 Travassos, 1955synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Garman, S. (1895). The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, v. 19 (pt 1): 1–179, Pls. 1–12. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4PWVY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.