Biology:Pachypanchax omalonotus

Short description: Species of fish

Pachypanchax omalonotus
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aplocheilidae
Genus:	Pachypanchax
Species:	P. omalonotus
Binomial name
Pachypanchax omalonotus (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
Synonyms
Poecilia omalonota Duméril, 1861 Aplocheilus omalonotus (Duméril, 1861) Poecilia nuchimaculata Guichenot, 1866 Haplochilus nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866) Pachypanchax nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866) Panchax nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866)

Pachypanchax omalonotus, the powder-blue panchax, is a species of Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found on the island of Nosy Be and in the Sambirano River basin and adjacent streams on the mainland. Its natural habitat is rivers.

References

• Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Pachypanchax omalonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15838A58297009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15838A58297009.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15838/58297009. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
• Loiselle, P. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44 (2006)
• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pachypanchax omalonotus" in FishBase. August 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1883132 entry