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Species in the genus Rachovia: [ 6 ] records

brevis, Rivulus Regan [C. T.] 1912:504 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 10 (no. 59); ref. 3648] Northern Colombia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.5.14.8. •Valid as Rachovia brevis (Regan 1912) -- (Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:389 [ref. 4337], Parenti 1981:486 [ref. 7066], Costa 1998:80 [ref. 23792], Lazara 2001:265 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:533 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35633], Berkenkamp 2020:10 [ref. 37695]). Current status: Valid as Rachovia brevis (Regan 1912). Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

fransvermeuleni, Rachovia Berkenkamp [H. O.] 2020:4, Figs. 3-4 [Wissenschaftliche Publikationen aus dem Referat Fischbestimmung des VDA – Bezirks 25, Weser-Ems 2020 (no. 12); ref. 37695] 21 km to the north from Los Pijiguaos to Caicara, on the right side of the road from Puerto Ayacucho to Caicara, Estado Bolivar, southwest Venezuela, 06°43'25.96"N, 66°43'52.96"W. Holotype: SMF 18304. Paratypes: SMF 18305 (5). •Valid as Rachovia fransvermeuleni Berkenkamp 2020. Current status: Valid as Rachovia fransvermeuleni Berkenkamp 2020. Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Floodplains in the eastern Orinoco basin, Estado Bolivar, southwest Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

hummelincki, Rachovia de Beaufort [L. F.] 1940:110 [4], Pl. 10b [Freshwater fishes from the Leeward Group, Venezuela and eastern Colombia v. 2; ref. 13161] Poza de San Antonio, east of Carirubana, Paraguaná, Venezuela. Lectotype: ZMA 100401. Paralectotypes: AMNH 20835 [ex ZMA 104445] (1), ZMA 104445 (3), USNM 133088 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:70 [ref. 19236]. On p. 4 of separate. Lectotype selected by Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:399 [ref. 4337]. •Valid as Rachovia hummelincki de beaufort 1940 -- (Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:399 [ref. 4337], Parenti 1981:486 [ref. 7066], Costa 1998:80 [ref. 23792], Lazara 2001:265 [ref. 25711], Schiwok & Bork 2002:32 [ref. 25833], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:533 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35633], Berkenkamp 2020:13 [ref. 37695]). Current status: Valid as Rachovia hummelincki de Beaufort 1940. Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins: north-east Colombia and northwest Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

maculipinnis, Pterolebias Radda [A. C.] (ex Weibezahn) 1964:41, Fig. [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 17 (no. 2); ref. 19907] Roadside pool in Rio Pao drainage, 9°16'15"N, 68°09'00"W, on road from Tinaco to el Baul, Cojedes, Venezuela. Neotype: FMNH 85267. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:72 [ref. 12367], Provenzano et al. 1998:19 [ref. 24196]. Neotype designated by Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:395 [ref. 4337]; Provenzano et al. 1998:19 [ref. 24196] indicate Weibezahn material is at MBUCV. See Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:395 [ref. 4337] for suggested authorship as Weibezahn, but the correct author is Radda [Weibezahn's manuscript not published]. •Valid as Rachovia maculipinnis (Radda 1964) -- (Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:394 [ref. 4337], Parenti 1981:486 [ref. 7066], Costa 1998:80 [ref. 23792], Lazara 2001:265 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:533 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35633], Loureiro et al. 2018:3 [ref. 36240], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35773], Berkenkamp 2020:13 [ref. 37695]). Current status: Valid as Rachovia maculipinnis (Radda 1964). Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin, northwest Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

pyropunctata, Rachovia Taphorn [D. C.] & Thomerson [J. E.] 1978:403, Fig. 9c [Acta Biologica Venezuelica v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 4337] Pool west of Lake Maracaibo, Guamo road near Hacienda Berlin, between San Felipe and Jaguasito, Zulia, Venezuela. Holotype: FMNH 85713. Paratypes: AMNH 36916 (84, 6 c&s); CAS 39379; FMNH 85712 (now 12), 85713, 85715 (7), 85720 (4), 85736-38 (10, 10, 20), 96043 (1, allotype); UF 74507 [ex FSM 24507] (46), ?UF 74508 [ex FSM 24508] (56); UMMZ 200210 (9); USNM 218056 (10). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:74 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Rachovia pyropunctata Taphorn & Thomerson 1978 -- (Parenti 1981:486 [ref. 7066], Costa 1998:80 [ref. 23792], Lazara 2001:266 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:533 [ref. 27061], Berkenkamp 2020:14 [ref. 37695]). Current status: Valid as Rachovia pyropunctata Taphorn & Thomerson 1978. Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Western Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

splendens, Rachovia Dahl [G.] 1958:43 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 12064] Semi-permanent pond at Sincelejo, northern Colombia. Holotype: Retained by Dahl. Paratypes: (several hundred, plus allotype) CAS-SU 49519 (orig. 16, now 11), CAS-SU 68749 (1, c&s). Appeared first in Dahl 1958:34 [ref. 19187] if date of 18 June is correct for ref. 19187. •Synonym of Rachovia brevis (Regan 1912) -- (Taphorn & Thomerson 1978:389 [ref. 4337], Lazara 2001:265 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:533 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Rachovia splendens Dahl 1958 -- (Berkenkamp 2020:15 [ref. 37695]). Current status: Valid as Rachovia splendens Dahl 1958. Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Río Sinu basin, northern Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.