Hypsopanchax
Appearance
Hypsopanchax | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Procatopodini |
Genus: | Hypsopanchax G. S. Myers, 1924 |
Type species | |
Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom 1917
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Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[1]
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
- Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
- Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015[2]
- Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Hypsopanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 87-96.