Cynodonichthys elegans

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Villa-Navarro, F. |date=2016 |title=Cynodonichthys elegans |volume=2016 |page=e.T49829966A61473653 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49829966A61473653.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cynodonichthys elegans

| authority = (Steindachner, 1880)Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner In Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1880

| synonyms = Rivulus elegans Steindachner, 1880

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Cynodonichthys|elegans|month=April|year=2019}}

}}

Cynodonichthys elegans is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae which is found in temporary pools in the Cauca River basin and in the San Juan River in the Chocó Department in Colombia.