Biology:Gulaphallus

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Gulaphallus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Subfamily: Gulaphallinae
Aurich, 1937[1]
Genus: Gulaphallus
Herre, 1925
Type species
Gulaphallus eximius
Herre, 1925[2]
Species

5 recognized species, see article.

Gulaphallus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to the Philippines . They are mainly found in freshwater habitats, but G. panayensis is from brackish and marine habitats. It is the only genus in the subfamily Gulaphallinae.[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

  • Gulaphallus bikolanus (Herre, 1926)
  • Gulaphallus eximius Herre, 1925
  • Gulaphallus falcifer Manacop, 1936
  • Gulaphallus mirabilis Herre, 1925
  • Gulaphallus panayensis (Herre, 1942)

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Gulaphallus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6554. 
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 361-362. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gulaphallus in FishBase. June 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5230907 entry