Biology:Aapticheilichthys

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Aapticheilichthys
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Aapticheilichthys
Species:
A. websteri
Binomial name
Aapticheilichthys websteri
(Huber, 2007)
Synonyms[1]

Procatopus websteri Huber, 2007

Aapticheilichthys is a monotypic genus of killifish from the family Poeciliidae,[2] the sole member being Aapticheilichthys websteri.[1] A. websteri was found by the United States fish breeder Kent Webster after which the species was named. The type locality was Akaka Camp on the western coastal plain of Gabon.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Aapticheilichthys websteri" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. "Genus Aapticheilichthys Huber 2011". FishWisePro. 2011. https://www.fishwisepro.com/Genus/Aapticheilichthys-12011. Retrieved 16 April 2020. 
  3. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/. Retrieved 26 October 2019. 

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