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Ruwenzori lampeye

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Ruwenzori lampeye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Platypanchax
C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
Species:
P. modestus
Binomial name
Platypanchax modestus
(Pappenheim, 1914)

The Ruwenzori lampeye (Platypanchax modestus) is a species of poeciliid fish native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater marshes.

References

  • Twongo, T.K. 2005. Hypsopanchax modestus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Platypanchax modestus". FishBase. August 2012 version.