Plataplochilus
Appearance
Plataplochilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Subfamily: | Procatopodinae |
Tribe: | Procatopodini |
Genus: | Plataplochilus C. G. E. Ahl, 1928 |
Type species | |
Haplochilichthys ngaensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1924
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Plataplochilus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to Middle Africa.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Plataplochilus cabindae (Boulenger, 1911)
- Plataplochilus chalcopyrus J. G. Lambert, 1963 (Flame lampeye)
- Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin, 1924) (Loeme lampeye)
- Plataplochilus miltotaenia J. G. Lambert, 1963 (Red striped lampeye)
- Plataplochilus mimus J. G. Lambert, 1967
- Plataplochilus ngaensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Nga lampeye)
- Plataplochilus terveri (Huber, 1981) (Terver's lampeye)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Plataplochilus". FishBase. April 2017 version.