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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59346 | Allen, G. and S. Bailey, 2011. Phoenix Islands: Reef fishes of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. Atoll Res. Bull (589):83-118. | 2011 | Rivulus karaja | 65;fig.10-11 |
| 89845 | Costa, W.J.E.M., 2011. Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of Anablepsoides, Atlantirivulus, Cynodonichthys, Laimosemion and Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 22(3):233-249. | 2011 | Melanorivulus karaja | 241 |
| 128868 | Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins, 2023. Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. | 2023 | Melanorivulus karaja | 686 |