Species that contain: Rivulus and elegans [ 2 ] records

elegans, Rivulus Steindachner [F.] 1880:85 [33], Pl. 6 (fig. 6) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Río Cauca, Colombia. Lectotype: NMW 60544:1. Paralectotypes: NMW 60544:2-3 (2), 18893-6 (1, 1, 1, 1). On p. 33 of separate. Lectotype selected in Huber 1992:190 [ref. 20639]. •Valid as Rivulus elegans Steindachner 1880 -- (Huber 1992:190 [ref. 20639], Lazara 2001:274 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:536 [ref. 27061], Costa 2006:139 [ref. 28875] in subgenus Cynodonichthys, Vermeulen 2013:44 [ref. 33089] in subgenus Cynodonichthys). •Valid as Cynodonichthys elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Costa 2011:242 [ref. 31655], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Cynodonichthys elegans (Steindachner 1880). Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Pacific coastal river basins, Antioquia, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

santensis, Rivulus elegans var. Köhler [W.] 1906:408, Fig. [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 17 (no. 41); ref. 19678] Western surroundings of Santos, near Pedro Taques, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil [Santos, Brazil]. Neotype: MNHN 1991-6856. Neotype designation by Huber 1992:396 [ref. 20639]. MNHN 1991-6857 (1) listed as a "Paraneotype" and many others. •Synonym of Rivulus elegans Steindachner 1880, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Costa 1991:582 [ref. 20033], Huber 1992:396 [ref. 20639]). •Valid as Rivulus santensis Köhler 1906 -- (Lazara 2001:283 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:539 [ref. 27061], Costa 2004:105 [ref. 27824], Costa 2004:105 [ref. 27824], Costa 2006:139 [ref. 28875] in subgenus Cynodonichthys, Costa 2007:181 [ref. 29203], Costa 2007:128 [ref. 29225], Costa 2008:135 [ref. 29871], Costa 2008:197 [ref. 29962], Costa & Lanés 2009:94 [ref. 30256]). •Valid as Atlantirivulus santensis (Köhler 1906) -- (Costa 2011:244 [ref. 31655], Costa 2014:19 [ref. 33307]). Current status: Valid as Atlantirivulus santensis (Köhler 1906). Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Atlantic coastal river basins, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.