Aplocheilus
| Aplocheilus | |
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| Striped panchax (A. lineatus) of the golden variant | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 Pakistan 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]
- (Köhler, 1906)[2]
- (van Hasselt, 1823)[2]
- Aplocheilus blockii , 1911 (green panchax)
- Aplocheilus dayi Steindachner, 1892 (Ceylon killifish)
- Aplocheilus kirchmayeri & , 1986
- Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (striped panchax)
- Aplocheilus panchax (F. Hamilton, 1822) (blue panchax)
- Aplocheilus parvus (, 1916) (dwarf panchax)
- Aplocheilus werneri , 1966 (Werner's killifish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Aplocheilus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ a b 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.
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