''Gulaphallus'' is a
genus
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of fishes in the family
Phallostethidae, native to the
Philippines
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. They are mainly found in freshwater habitats, but ''G. panayensis'' is from
brackish and marine
habitat
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s. It is the only genus in the
subfamily
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Gulaphallinae.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Gulaphallus bikolanus''
( Herre, 1926)
* ''
Gulaphallus eximius''
Herre, 1925
* ''
Gulaphallus falcifer''
Manacop, 1936
* ''
Gulaphallus mirabilis''
Herre, 1925
* ''
Gulaphallus panayensis''
( Herre, 1942)
References
Phallostethidae
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