Aplocheilus is a genus of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae. Their native range is in South and Southeast Asia, from India to Vietnam and Malaysia, and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. Several species, especially the striped panchax, A. lineatus, are important aquarium fishes.
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| Striped panchax (A. lineatus) of the golden variant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Aplocheilus panchax Hamilton, 1822
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Etymology
editThe name Aplocheilus is composed of the Greek words aploe meaning "simplicity", and cheilos meaning "lip".
Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906)[2]
- Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt, 1823)[2]
- Aplocheilus blockii J. P. Arnold, 1911 (green panchax)
- Aplocheilus dayi Steindachner, 1892 (Ceylon killifish)
- Aplocheilus kirchmayeri Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1986
- Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (striped panchax)
- Aplocheilus panchax (F. Hamilton, 1822) (blue panchax)
- Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj, 1916) (dwarf panchax)
- Aplocheilus werneri Meinken, 1966 (Werner's killifish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aplocheilus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ a b Katwate, U.; Kumkar, P.; Britz, R.; Raghavan, R.; Dahanukar, N. (2018). "The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt". Zootaxa. 4382 (1): 159–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.6. PMID 29689942.
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