Pamphorichthys
Appearance
Pamphorichthys | |
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Pamphorichthys hasemani at the top (Phalloptychus eigenmanni, middle and bottom) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Poeciliini |
Genus: | Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913 |
Type species | |
Heterandria minor Garman, 1895[1]
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Pamphorichthys is a genus of poeciliids native to the Amazon, Paraguay, São Francisco and Itapicuru basins in South America.
Some authorities consider Pamphorichthys to be a subgenus of Poecilia.[2]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pamphorichthys araguaiensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991
- Pamphorichthys hasemani (Henn, 1916)
- Pamphorichthys hollandi (Henn, 1916)
- Pamphorichthys minor (Garman, 1895) (Mini-molly)
- Pamphorichthys pertapeh C. A. A. de Figueiredo, 2008
- Pamphorichthys scalpridens (Garman, 1895)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pamphorichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Robert W. Meredith; Marcelo N. Pires; David N. Reznick; Mark S. Springer (2010). "Molecular Phylogenetic Relationshipsand the evolution of the placenta in Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae:Cyprinodontiformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 631–639. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.006. PMID 19922806.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pamphorichthys in FishBase. August 2012 version.