Poropanchax

Poropanchax is a genus of small poeciliid fishes native to Africa.[2]

Poropanchax
Norman's lampeye (P. normani)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Poropanchax
Clausen, 1967
Type species
Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus, a synonym of P. luxophthalmus
Meinken, 1932[1]

Species

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

  • Poropanchax brichardi (Poll, 1971) (Brichard's lampeye)
  • Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning, 1929)
  • Poropanchax myersi (Poll, 1952) (Hummingbird lampeye)
  • Poropanchax normani (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928) (Norman's lampeye)
  • Poropanchax rancureli (Daget, 1965) (Rancurel's lampeye)
  • Poropanchax stigmatopygus Wildekamp & Malumbres, 2004

A seventh species is recognized by Catalog of Fishes, but not by FishBase where considered a synonym of P. luxophthalmus:

  • Poropanchax hannerzi (Scheel, 1968) (Hannerz' lampeye)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Propanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Poropanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.


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