Hylopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to the Congo River Basin and Ivindo River in Middle Africa.[1]
| Hylopanchax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Aplocheilichythinae |
| Genus: | Hylopanchax Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| Hypsopanchax silvestris Poll & J. G. Lambert 1958
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Species edit
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hylopanchax leki van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013[2]
- Hylopanchax moke van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013[2]
- Hylopanchax multisquamatus Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020[3]
- Hylopanchax ndeko van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013[2]
- Hylopanchax paucisquamatus Sonnenberg, Friel & van der Zee, 2014[4]
- Hylopanchax silvestris Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1958
- Hylopanchax stictopleuron Fowler, 1949 (Blue lampeye)
- Hylopanchax thysi Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Hylopanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ a b c Van 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.
- ^ a b Bragança, 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, 1965 (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae ) from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.14606
- ^ Sonnenberg, R., Friel, J.P. & Van der Zee, J. (2014): Description of Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), a new lampeye species from the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Zootaxa, 3846 (4): 577–583.
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