Biology:Aplocheilus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Aplocheilus | |
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| Striped panchax (A. lineatus) of the golden variant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Aplocheilus panchax Hamilton, 1822
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Aplocheilus is a genus of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae. Their native range is in South and Southeast Asia, from India to Vietnam and Malaysia, and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. Several species, especially the striped panchax, A. lineatus, are important aquarium fishes.
Etymology
The name Aplocheilus is composed of the Greek words aploe meaning "simplicity", and cheilos meaning "lip".
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906)[2]
- Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt, 1823)[2]
- Aplocheilus blockii J. P. Arnold, 1911 (green panchax)
- Aplocheilus dayi Steindachner, 1892 (Ceylon killifish)
- Aplocheilus kirchmayeri Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1986
- Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (striped panchax)
- Aplocheilus panchax (F. Hamilton, 1822) (blue panchax)
- Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj, 1916) (dwarf panchax)
- Aplocheilus werneri Meinken, 1966 (Werner's killifish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Aplocheilus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Katwate, U.; Kumkar, P.; Britz, R.; Raghavan, R.; Dahanukar, N. (2018). "The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt.". Zootaxa 4382 (1): 159–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.6. PMID 29689942.
Wikidata ☰ Q135504 entry
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