Biology:Hypsopanchax

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Hypsopanchax
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Hypsopanchax
G. S. Myers, 1924
Type species
Haplochilus platysternus
Nichols & Griscom 1917[1]

Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[2]

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
  • Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
  • Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
  • Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
  • Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015[3]
  • Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Hypsopanchax". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6696. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Hypsopanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  3. van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 87-96.

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