Nomenclature
original description
(of Aequidens azurifer Fowler, 1911) Fowler, H. W. (1911). New fresh-water fishes from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 63: 493-520. [details]
original description
(of Chromis rivulata Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Second list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859 (pt 3) (art. 7): 402-420, Reptilia Pl. 20. [Pisces on p. 418-420.]. [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Andinoacara rivulatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Aequidens azurifer Fowler, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Acara aequinoctialis Regan, 1905)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis rivulata Günther, 1860)
To FishBase images (Aequidens rivulatus, by Arundell, F.) (from synonym Aequidens rivulatus (Günther, 1860))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 124 proteins)
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 124 proteins) (from synonym Aequidens rivulatus (Günther, 1860))
To GenBank (127 nucleotides; 124 proteins) (from synonym Chromis rivulata Günther, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Acara aequinoctialis Regan, 1905; PARALECTOTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591956) (from synonym Acara aequinoctialis Regan, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aequidens rivulatus P00274 illustration) (from synonym Aequidens rivulatus (Günther, 1860))
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed