Fluviphylax
Fluviphylax | |
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Fluviphylax sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Fluviphylacini Roberts, 1970[1] |
Genus: | Fluviphylax Whitley, 1965 |
Type species | |
Potamophylax pygmaeus Myers & Carvalho, 1955[1]
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Fluviphylax is a genus of tiny poeciliids native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin, and Oyapock Basin in South America.
Species[]
Five recognized species are placed in this genus:[2]
- , 1996
- W. J. E. M. Costa & , 1999
- (G. S. Myers & , 1955)
- W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996
- W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996
References[]
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Fluviphylax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Fluviphylax in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Categories:
- Poeciliidae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs