Aplocheilus

Taxobox
name = "Aplocheilus"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Striped panchax, "Aplocheilus lineatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Aplocheilidae
genus = "Aplocheilus"
genus_authority = McClelland, 1839
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text. "Aplocheilus" (McClelland, J., 1839) is a genus of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae, with 7 species. Their range is primarily South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan to Vietnam and Malaysia, and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. Several species, especially the striped panchax, "Aplocheilus lineatus", are important aquarium fishes. The name "Aplocheilus" is consisted of Greek words "aploe" meaning "simplicity", and "cheilos" meaning "lip".

pecies

*Green panchax, "Aplocheilus blockii" (Arnold, 1911)
*Ceylon killifish, "Aplocheilus dayi" (Steindachner, 1892)
*"Aplocheilus kirchmayeri" Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1986
*Striped panchax , "Aplocheilus lineatus" (Valenciennes, 1846)
*Blue panchax, "Aplocheilus panchax" (Hamilton, 1822)
*Dwarf panchax, "Aplocheilus parvus" (Sundara Raj, 1916)
*Werner's killifish, "Aplocheilus werneri" Meinken, 1966

References

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