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Renova oscari Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995

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
Renova oscari Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995
Name authority
Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Rivulidae
Genus
Renova
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. genusRenova Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995
  13. speciesRenova oscari Thomerson & Taphorn, 1995

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 386 records assigned to Rivulidae.

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. Thomerson, J. E., & Taphorn, D. C. (1995). Renova oscari, a new genus and species of annual killifish from Venezuela (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6 (2): 185–192. 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:794LK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.