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Procatopodidae
Procatopodidae, the African lampeyes, is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes. It was formerly treated as a subfamily (Procatopodinae) of the Poecilidae. Despite containing mostly African genera (including ''Pantanodon''), the South American '' Fluviphylax'' was also placed in it as its own tribe. However, more recent studies have found this treatment to be paraphyletic; Pantanodontidae, Fluviphylacidae, and Procatopodidae are their own families distinct from Poecilidae, and the former two are distinct from Procatopodidae as well. Meanwhile, the Aplocheilichthyinae, previously treated as a separate subfamily of Poecilidae, are known to belong to the Procatopodidae. This family is thought to be the sister group to the clade comprising Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. Abstract Subdivisions The family Procatopodidae is divided into two subfamilies and 14 genera: *Subfamily Aplocheilichthyinae Myers 1928 ** '' Aplocheilichthys'' Bleeker, 1863 * Subfamily Procat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes is an order (biology), order of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish, comprising mostly small, freshwater fish. Many popular aquarium fish, such as killifish and Poeciliidae, live-bearers, are included. They are closely related to the Atheriniformes and are occasionally included with them. A colloquial term for the order as a whole is toothcarps, though they are not actually close relatives of the true carps – the latter belong to the superorder Ostariophysi, while the toothcarps are Acanthopterygii. The families of Cyprinodontiformes can be informally divided into three groups based on reproductive strategy: Viviparity, viviparous and Ovoviviparity, ovoviviparous (all species give live birth), and Oviparity, oviparous (all species are egg-laying). The live-bearing groups differ in whether the young are carried to term within (ovoviviparous) or without (viviparous) an enclosing eggshell. Phylogeny, Phylogenetically however, one of the two suborders – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aplocheilichthyinae
The banded lampeye (''Aplocheilichthys spilauchen'') is a species of poeciliid that is native to Africa, ranging from Senegal to Angola. It is mainly found in coastal brackish habitats (only infrequently in pure fresh or salt water) such as river mouths, lagoons and mangrove swamps. It reaches up to in total length. Description Banded lampeyes are small killifish, with an average length of with a somewhat cylindrical body and short, rounded fins. It has round scales and a dorsally flattened head with the a terminal mouth. They are a pale cream in colour with an iridescent silvery blue band running along the flanks, this band is more marked towards the tail. Males have the rear of the body, close to the tail, marked with vertical bars which are the same colour as the band along the flanks, their fins will be more intensively coloured than those of the females. There is a bright spot above the, which gives rise to the common name lampeye. Distribution Banded lampeyes are found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hylopanchax
''Hylopanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to the Congo River Basin and Ivindo River in Middle Africa. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * ''Hylopanchax leki'' Jouke R. van der Zee, van der Zee, Rainer Sonnenberg, Sonnenberg & Ulrich Kurt Schliewen, Schliewen, 2013Van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Description of three new species of ''Hylopanchax'' Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus. ''Zootaxa, 3701 (1): 35–53.'' * ''Hylopanchax moke'' Jouke R. van der Zee, van der Zee, Rainer Sonnenberg, Sonnenberg & Ulrich Kurt Schliewen, Schliewen, 2013 * ''Hylopanchax multisquamatus'' Bragança, Jouke R. van der Zee, van der Zee, Rainer Sonnenberg, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020Bragança, P. H. N., Van der Zee, J. R., Sonnenberg, R., & Vreven, E. J. W. M. N. (2020). Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poeciliidae
Poeciliidae are a Family (biology), family of freshwater ray-finned fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, Poecilia, molly, Platy (fish), platy, and Green swordtail, swordtail. The original distribution of the family was the Southeastern United States to north of Río de la Plata, Argentina. Due to release of aquarium specimens and the widespread use of species of the genera ''Poecilia'' and ''Gambusia'' for mosquito control, though, introduced poeciliids can today be found in all tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In addition, ''Poecilia'' and ''Gambusia'' specimens have been identified in hot springs pools as far north as Banff, Alberta. Live-bearing All species in the Poecilidae are live-bearers. Differences are seen in the mode and degree of support the female gives the developing larvae. Many members of the family Poeciliidae are considered to be lecithotrophic (the mother prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laciris
''Laciris pelagica'' is a species of poeciliid found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is endemic to Lake Edward where it is found near the surface in open water. This species grows to a total length of . It was formerly included in '' Micropanchax'', but recently, authorities have moved it to the monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ... genus ''Laciris''. References Poeciliidae Lake Edward Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Monotypic fish genera {{Poeciliidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aapticheilichthys
''Aapticheilichthys'' is a monotypic genus of killifish from the family Poeciliidae, the sole member being ''Aapticheilichthys websteri''. ''A. websteri'' was found by the American fish breeder Kent Webster after which the species was named. The type locality was Akaka Camp on the western coastal plain of Gabon. ''A. websteri'' was collected from a river that was less than 10m wide on the night of the Asian tsunami On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the scienti ..., though it is not clear what effect of the tsunami may have had on the local ecosystem.Huber, J.H., 2007. Procatopus websteri: a new species of lampeye killifish from Akaka Camp, western Gabon (Teleostei: Poeciliidae: Aplocheilichthyinae), exhibiting similarities of pattern and morphology with another sympatric lampeye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypsopanchax
''Hypsopanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypsopanchax catenatus'' Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye) * '' Hypsopanchax jobaerti'' Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 * '' Hypsopanchax jubbi'' Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody) * '' Hypsopanchax platysternus'' ( Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye) * '' Hypsopanchax stiassnyae'' van der Zee, Sonnenberg Sonnenberg is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alp ... & Mbimbi, 2015van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): ''Hypsopanchax stiassnyae'', a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tate Regan
Charles Tate Regan (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyology, ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes. Born in Sherborne, Dorset, he was educated at Derby School and Queens' College, Cambridge and in 1901 joined the staff of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, where he became Keeper of Zoology, and later director of the entire museum, in which role he served from 1927 to 1938. Regan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. Regan mentored a number of scientists, among them Ethelwynn Trewavas, who continued his work at the British Natural History Museum. Taxon described by him *See :Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Among the species he described is the Siamese fighting fish (''Betta splendens''). In turn, a number of fish species have been named ''regani'' in his honour: Taxon named in his honor *A Thorny Catfish ''Anadoras regani'' (Stein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacustricola
''Lacustricola'' is a genus of poeciliids native to East Africa, East, Southern Africa, Southern and Middle Africa. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * ''Lacustricola atripinna'' (Georg Johann Pfeffer, Pfeffer, 1896) * ''Lacustricola bukobanus'' (Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Bukoba lampeye) * ''Lacustricola centralis'' (Lothar Seegers, Seegers, 1996) (Central East African lampeye) * ''Lacustricola jeanneli'' (Jacques Pellegrin, Pellegrin, 1935) (Omo lampeye) * ''Lacustricola kassenjiensis'' (Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Kasenye lampeye) * ''Lacustricola katangae'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1912) (Striped topminnow) * ''Lacustricola kongoranensis'' (Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Kongoro lampeye) * ''Lacustricola lacustris'' (Lothar Seegers, Seegers, 1984) (Kibiti lampeye) * ''Lacustricola lualabaensis'' (Max Poll, Poll, 1938) (Lualaba lampeye) * ''Lacustricola macrurus'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1904) (Big tailed lampey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamprichthys
The Tanganyika killifish (''Lamprichthys tanganicanus'') is a species of poeciliid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it forms large schools, mainly close to rocky shores but also pelagically off shore. This species grows to a length of SL. It is an egglayer with external fertilization, and deposits its eggs in narrow crevices. It is fished commercially for food, and also for the aquarium trade. It has been introduced to Lake Kivu Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which .... References Tanganyika killifish Fish of Lake Tanganyika Tanganyika killifish Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Poeciliidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
