Fundulopanchax

Fundulopanchax
Blue lyretail (F. gardneri), adult male
Fundulopanchax sjostedti 'Niger Delta', adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Fundulopanchax
G. S. Myers, 1924
Type species
Fundulus gularis var. caerulea
Boulenger, 1915
Species

See text.

Fundulopanchax is a genus of killifish living in near-coastal fresh water streams and lakes in Western Africa. All species were previously biologically classified as members of the genus Aphyosemion, with the exception of Fundulopanchax avichang, F. gresensi and F. kamdemi, which were all scientifically described after the major revision of the Aphyosemion complex.

Etymology

The name Fundulopanchax is composed of the names of two other genera of killifish, Fundulus Lacépède (1803), which was the genus the type species was originally placed in and Panchax Valenciennes (1846), as this genus is somewhat intermediate between Fundulus and Aplocheilus in characters.[1]

Species

There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Fundulopanchax amieti Edea Male

References

  1. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Fundulopanchax". FishBase. August 2012 version.


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