Spectrolebias reticulatus (Costa & Nielsen, 2003)
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
- Spectrolebias reticulatus (Costa & Nielsen, 2003)
- Name authority
- (Costa & Nielsen, 2003)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Rivulidae
- Genus
- Spectrolebias
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyRivulidae Myers, 1925
- genusSpectrolebias Costa & Nielsen, 1997
- speciesSpectrolebias reticulatus (Costa & Nielsen, 2003)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Spectrolebias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Spectrolebias chacoensis (Amato, 1986) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias gracilis Costa & Amorim, 2018 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias bellidoi Nielsen & Pillet, 2015 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias pantanalensis Nielsen, Ribeiro, Ramos & Catarino, 2026 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias brousseaui Nielsen, 2013 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias costai (Lazara, 1991) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias filamentosus (Costa, Barrera & Sarmiento, 1997) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias inaequipinnatus (Costa & Brasil, 2008) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias pilleti Nielsen & Brousseau, 2013 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectrolebias semiocellatus Costa & Nielsen, 1997 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Simpsonichthys reticulatus Costa & Nielsen, 2003 Costa & Nielsen, 2003 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1009729 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:4YH34. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.